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January 9, 2015
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
January 9, 2015
How Men Act When They Outnumber Women

How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men's financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.

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January 8, 2015
Everyday Economics and how dynamic scoring is controversial because it spotlights growth instead of spending categories.
January 8, 2015
Understanding a New Tax Issue

With the House requiring dynamic scoring of tax legislation from the CBO, the bigger tax debate resurfaces on how much redistribution and spending.

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January 4, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
January 4, 2015
What a Blind Taste Test Showed About Beer

Behavioral economic ideas show that product differentiation and consumer preference are more from branding than the taste of colas or beers.

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December 16, 2014
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December 16, 2014
Why Academy Award Winners Might Live Longer

Relating income inequality to the stress felt by low status Bolivian Tsimane men and academy award losers, researchers said that stress that harms health.

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November 7, 2014
Weekly economic news roundup and marijuana update
November 7, 2014
Four Ways to Understand Marijuana Demand

With an increasing number of states legalizing marijuana, demand is shifting because of changes in utility, complementary products and the number of buyers.

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October 26, 2014
Everyday economics: A misery index number conveys the potential distress created by unemployment and inflation.
October 26, 2014
An Economist’s Definition of Misery

While a misery index shows a nation's inflation and unemployment rates, the eurozone's high unemployment might create disproportionate unhappiness.

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October 21, 2014
Because of new attitudes and economics, there is less supply of "marriageable" men and more valuable women in marriage markets.
October 21, 2014
Why There is Less Marriage

New attitudes that value marriage less and new economics through which women have more pay and education and men work less have changed marriage markets.

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October 16, 2014
aging population pyramids
October 16, 2014
The Best Places For Growing Old

With populations growing older in the developed world, their wellbeing might affect the GDP growth rate because of the expense of their care.

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October 14, 2014
Everyday economics of LED bulbs
October 14, 2014
The Unexpected Consequences of More Efficient Lighting

Like 19th century English coal, more efficient and cheap LED lights can mean people and businesses use it more because of the lower opportunity cost.

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September 30, 2014
Everyday economics and Increased demand, less physician supply and a price ceiling for Medicaid explain why we have network inadequacy.
September 30, 2014
A Solution for Too Few Doctors: More Patience

Decreases in supply, increases in demand and legislative price ceilings are resulting in "network adequacy" problems for U.S. healthcare systems.

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September 14, 2014
It would be beneficial for households and national economic growth if the U.S. saving rate were raised.
September 14, 2014
The Nudge Toward a Goldilocks Savings Rate

We need to raise the low U.S. savings rate with new incentives like a lottery on savings deposits because households and business investment need savings.

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August 12, 2014
Everyday Economics: The Contents of Refrigerators, Supply and Demand, and Global Markets
August 12, 2014
What Refrigerators Can Tell Us About Global Markets

In refrigerators in developing nations, we can see the impact of affluence on their diet and on supply and demand that will change worldwide food prices.

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