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June 30, 2015
Everyday economics and the cost of developing a child's human capital costs families more than money.
June 30, 2015
Why Children Are More Expensive Than We Think

To the dollars families spend on children, we can add the cost of stress from the time we devote to developing a child's human capital.

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June 27, 2015
June 27, 2015
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June 27, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
June 27, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Raisin Reserves to Greek Bank Reserves

Our everyday economics includes inelasticity, supply, regulation, entitlements, subsidies, healthcare, innovation, price floor, monetary policy, euro zone.

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June 25, 2015
Using the Takings Clause from the Fifth Amendment, the Supreme Court protected private property rights.
June 25, 2015
More on Raisin Freedom

Basing their decision on the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Supreme Court said the USDA raisin reserve could not longer seize farmers' raisins.

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June 24, 2015
everyday economics and safety regulation
June 24, 2015
The Razor Blade’s Creative Destruction

Contracting because of online competition, Gillette's dominance of the men's shaving product market shows the creative destruction that e-commerce creates.

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June 20, 2015
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June 20, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From More Money to Fewer Restrooms

Our everyday economics includes scarcity, tradeoffs, cost, sustainability, hyperinflation, gender issues, externalities, African development, human capital.

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June 17, 2015
economic growth and green shoots
June 17, 2015
A New Kind of Map Where Norway is Next to Peru

To grasp the huge size of the U.S. GDP we can identify countries that have similar nominal output to individual states like California and Brazil.

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June 13, 2015
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June 13, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Greek Games to Tennis Matches

Our everyday economics includes externalities, branding, monopolistic competition, sovereign debt, game theory, elasticity, taxes, markets and the glass ceiling.

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June 8, 2015
Everyday economics and the apple's monopolistic competition.
June 8, 2015
How Honeycrisp is Similar to American Pharoah

With the creation of the Honeycrisp, perfect competition became monopolistic competition in the apple industry and quality and quantity incentives changed.

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June 6, 2015
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June 6, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Height to Hamburgers

Our everyday economics includes behavioral economics, GDP, demand & supply, inflation, tradeoffs, markets, consumer spending, environment, and regulation.

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June 5, 2015
It's Tough To Solve the Poaching ProblemNeither the market nor a regulatory approach has solved the problem of poaching in Africa.
June 5, 2015
A Poaching Problem that Regulation Hasn’t Solved

The market solutions and regulatory approaches used to solve the problem of elephant poaching have not worked for wildlife conservation in Africa.

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June 1, 2015
height bias
June 1, 2015
India’s Height Mystery

Long assumed to have a direct relationship, the connection between height and GDP becomes more complex when we compare India and Africa.

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