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February 11, 2021
sustainable debt
February 11, 2021
How Present and Past Social Spending Could Connect

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December 24, 2020
Santa and aging workforce
December 24, 2020
What We Can Learn From Santa’s Age

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October 14, 2020
eliminating daylight saving time
October 14, 2020
Should Thursday Become the New Friday?

While fewer working hours can mean enjoying a shorter day or week at work, the consequences might be unpredictable.

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October 12, 2020
energy use
October 12, 2020
All We Need To Know About Where Our Energy Comes From and Where It Goes

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's annual flow chart is the easy way to see all you want to know about U.S. energy use.

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June 9, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
June 9, 2020
Where a Universal Basic Income Was Successful

An idea that has been around for hundreds of years, the universal basic income has only recently become an experiment in Stockton, California.

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October 9, 2019
Weekly news roundup and message from taxing and spending
October 9, 2019
How Laissez-Faire Countries Tax and Spend

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July 23, 2019
eliminating daylight saving time
July 23, 2019
Six Facts: What Shake Shack Says About How Much We Work

Whether looking at a Shake Shack experiment, comparing countries, or focusing on education, we can see differences in the average workweek.

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March 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Measuring Happiness
March 10, 2017
Why Measuring Happiness is Tough

Measuring happiness is tough because of the difference between what we actually experience and what we remember about those moments.

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February 6, 2017
guaranteed basic income from Congress
February 6, 2017
Should Everyone Get a Basic Income?

For different reasons, a guaranteed basic income appeals to liberals and conservatives but few people appear ready to vote for it.

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January 10, 2017
weekly roundup and work/life balance
January 10, 2017
What If Everyone Worked Less?

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March 2, 2015
Everyday economics and Tax evasion in the shadow economy is a fiscal policy problem.
March 2, 2015
How Tax Evasion Relates to Porsches

A big part of the shadow economy, the tax evasion in Greece that prevails among the self-employed substantially ups the deficit and distorts fiscal policy.

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