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October 3, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Halloween candy
October 3, 2025
All We Need to Know About Halloween Candy

Looking at surveys of red and blue states, we would find evidence of the Halloween candy favorites that unite us.

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October 2, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and how we spend
October 2, 2025
The New Ways We Spend Our Money

Seemingly simple as one number, household spending varies when we know the head's age and compare 2022 to 1972.

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September 4, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
September 4, 2025
Why What We Measure Matters

Through the numbers that quantify miles per gallon or omit household production, we create perverse incentives.

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March 7, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic growth and uncertainty
March 7, 2025
The Impact of Economic Uncertainty

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October 18, 2024
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October 18, 2024
The Economics of Immigration

Inadequately considered by the presidential candidates, immigration economics will have a gargantuan impact of the U.S. economy.

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April 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
April 29, 2024
Why Does It Matter What We Measure?

Because the GDP, the Dow, and even the employment numbers are insufficiently personal, they do a poor job of measuring well-being.

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December 4, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the best country
December 4, 2020
The Financial Side of a Climate Change Report Card

Looking at the financial side of climate change, we can use a KMPG report card to see if the world's largest corporations have high grades.

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September 16, 2020
Economic News Roundup and pandemic's economic outlook
September 16, 2020
How to Judge the Pandemic’s Economic Outlook

When we try to figure out the pandemic's economic outlook, we can ask economists which metrics they would select.

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September 1, 2020
tourism spending
September 1, 2020
Where Fewer Tourists Mean Bigger Problems

For countries with smaller economies that depend on tourism spending, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic will be even more devastating.

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August 28, 2020
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August 28, 2020
Comparing Covid-19 to Past Costly Disasters

Looking at the economic impact of past costly disasters can help us develop policies that target where and how Covid-19 will affect us.

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August 17, 2020
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August 17, 2020
The One Letter That Shows the Shape of the Economic Recovery

When we use the alphabet to describe an economy recovery from the coronavirus, rather than an "L" or a "V," some economists now suggest a "K."

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April 29, 2020
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April 29, 2020
What We Would Pay for Facebook

A group of economists estimated the value of digital services like Facebook to illustrate a new way to think about the GDP.

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