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August 31, 2014
A NASA satellite image of the world's night lights conveys economic information about developed and developing countries.
August 31, 2014
Bedtime Stories… About the Economy.

From statistics and a satellite image of the world at night, we can see that developing countries lack the electrification they need for economic growth.

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August 28, 2014
Starbucks tall latte index
August 28, 2014
The Path of the Shifting Center of Global Economic Power

Led by Chinese economic growth and other emerging markets, the center of economic gravity is moving eastward from the developed world to Asia.

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August 17, 2014
Everyday Economics — Oil stories
August 17, 2014
A Closer Look at the EU 28 Economic Growth Rate

Looking at a European average economic growth rate, unemployment rate and GDP to debt ratio is misleading because of countries' disparate economies.

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August 15, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and measuring happiness
August 15, 2014
How Music Can Empower You

Like athletes use music before competing, so too can we energize our human capital at work with music that empowers us physiologically and psychologically.

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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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August 11, 2014
weekly economic roundup and pension income systems
August 11, 2014
Will You Get Your Social Security Benefits?

The 2014 Social Security Trustees Report says that after we deplete the remains of the program's trust funds in 2033, payroll taxes will not provide all promised benefits.

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August 4, 2014
The spread of refrigeration in China will create positive and negative externalities that relate to productivity, diet, health and the environment.
August 4, 2014
The Spillover from Refrigerators in China

The spread of refrigeration in China has positive and negative externalities that relate to household diets, greenhouse gases and transport and home waste.

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July 29, 2014
With factions in Greece resisting further austerity, a sovereign debt problem could resurface.
July 29, 2014
Greece Again?

With more austerity resistance to government spending cutbacks, Greece could again be heading for a sovereign debt default and a bailout.

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July 28, 2014
Calculating the GDP involves many decisions and using it can be controversial as in Greece.
July 28, 2014
Why the GDP is Much More Than a Number

Seemingly just a statistic, how we calculate the GDP and how it is used can be controversial and affect the lives of millions of people.

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July 27, 2014
Everyday Economics — Oil stories
July 27, 2014
Three "Tear-Water" Graphs

The U.S. has had an economic recovery from the Great Recession with sluggish GDP growth, a worrisome output gap and slowly diminishing unemployment.

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July 17, 2014
JS Mill's support of redistribution from taxation in the AFA
July 17, 2014
John Stuart Mill on Affordable Health Care

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July 16, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
July 16, 2014
John Maynard Keynes and the Generational Impact of Entitlements

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