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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 5, 2014
multigenerational Individual wealth
August 5, 2014
Seeding change: seeds or change?

Cash grants are an alternative form of foreign aid. Tough to accept, cash could have more benefits than other traditional programs.

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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 31, 2014
Violating the sanctity of contracts, Argentina has again defaulted on her sovereign debt and diminished her ability to borrow.
July 31, 2014
Argentina's (Long) Default History

With Argentina again defaulting on her sovereign debt, she is violating the sanctity of contracts and lessened her borrowing ability at home and globally.

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July 7, 2014
Indian development and tradeoffs from roads and cars
July 7, 2014
The Difference Between India's Stories and Statistics

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July 4, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 4, 2014
Celebrating Economic Independence

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June 17, 2014
Looking at Australia, the area where she is #1 or #2 display why she is a developed nation.
June 17, 2014
Six Facts About Australia From The "World Cup of Everything Else"

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June 13, 2014
CEO performance and golf
June 13, 2014
What Golf in China Shows About Economic Development

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June 12, 2014
stock market activity and World Cup
June 12, 2014
The Impact of World Cup Soccer On Stock Markets

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June 2, 2014
Underutilized female human capital conveyed through gender issues and abolitionist movement in The Invention of Wings
June 2, 2014
Gender Issues: The Invention of Wings

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May 31, 2014
Everyday Economics — Oil stories
May 31, 2014
An Amazing Story From a Graph

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May 21, 2014
Cost and benefit balance change for dealing with global warming if it creates a national security threat.
May 21, 2014
An Unexpected Cost of Climate Change?

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