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05.12.2024
Described a C02 on steroids, the methane emissions that come from cow burps will be taxed by Denmark in 2030.
04.12.2024
Looking at the story of French debt, we can ask if the ending is inevitable or whether France can close its spending/revenue gap.
03.12.2024
A recipe for higher coffee prices
02.12.2024
Looking at how much we earn and how we invest, we see that generational differences shape what we think we need.
01.12.2024
Connectcing economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranged from Abraham Lincoln to a Big Mac.
Concluding our November e-links, I recommend a visualizations website that you cannot stop browsing for new trade facts.
30.11.2024
More than many of us know, the significance of Thanksgiving Day has shifted from its original purpose in 1863.
29.11.2024
Reflecting an economic lens, a top ten list for Thanksgiving explains how we behave during the holiday meal.
28.11.2024
As major U.S. trading partners, Mexico and Canada help us produce everyday goods like hamburgers and car seats.
27.11.2024
With cheap fast food tough to find, our least expensive restaurants are figuring out new competitive strategies.
26.11.2024
Managing the conflicts at COP29 resulted in a few baby steps toward the goal of constraining global warming.
25.11.2024
Never entirely predictable, this year, Thanksgiving dinner will cost us less than last year but there are some surprises.
24.11.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history this week's economic news roundup ranges from dating apps to asparagus emissions.
23.11.2024
Whether it's a $5 T-shirt, $8 gasoline, or the $100 million Magritte painting that was sold this week at a Christie's auction, we can depend on price to send a message.
Continuing with our November e-links, we recommend a NY Times article on the phenomenal usefulness of venom.
22.11.2024
With our foreign-born population occupying the headlines, and the probability that major policy decisions will relate to unauthorized immigrants, we need to know the facts and the tradeoffs.
21.11.2024
CNN tells us that our Orange Juice container matters. Orange Juice Containers Tropicana just switched its bottle. They abandoned the beloved carafe: The carafe has […]
20.11.2024
Illustrated by asparagus, how we transport our food from the farm to our home determines their carbon footprint and why buying local can surprise us.
19.11.2024
Concerned with the mystery of a consumer economic disconnect, we look at why consumer sentiment fails to recognize robust GDP, inflation, employment, and equity data.
18.11.2024
With the cost of artificial intelligence ( AI ) skyrocketing as it even spreads to dating apps, we can ask if AI productivity will justify the massive spending.
17.11.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a unique identity to eliminating roads.
16.11.2024
Looking at cost and benefit in 316 urban areas, a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that rather than taking city streets for granted, we should ponder the alternatives.
Continuing with our November e-links, today we recommend a Steve Leavitt podcast that looks back and ahead to explain why some nations fail and others so not.
15.11.2024
During 2019, for the one billion people that had no form of legal identity, it was tough to take advantage of government subsidies and to open bank accounts.
14.11.2024
Looking at the mandatory and discretionary categories of federal spending, we can see why budget cutting has always been a daunting and unsuccessful task.
13.11.2024
Looking at the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its recent changes, we can also see some U.S. financial history.
12.11.2024
Looking at apple markets, we would see that farmers and tghe federal government are wrestling with supply and demand problems.
11.11.2024
Whether looking at the 1930s or now, we see that the impact of tariffs on businesses, on global trade, and on government revenue is negative.
10.11.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from paid vacations to being happy.
09.11.2024
Hoping the U.S. will do what is best for its workers and businesses, economist Betsey Stevenson has a new paid time off proposal.
Continuing with our November e-links, I recommend a respite from the world's turmoil through the new Elizabeth Strout novel.
08.11.2024
Looking at post election consumer spending, we can ask if winning party affiliation boosts an individual's spending.
07.11.2024
Because women say "I'm sorry" more than men, there is an apology gap at work that influences labor market outcomes.
When economists focus on measuring happiness, they look at marriage and money, gender and race, and much more.
05.11.2024
While it's easy to attract many maladies when managing natural resource wealth, Norway and Botswana figured out how to avoid Dutch Disease.
04.11.2024
Like new technology, the makers of Nerds added features to their original formula and wound up with Nerds Gummy Clusters.
03.11.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from global innovation leaders to cheap gas.
02.11.2024
Beginning November's e-links, I recommend the fascinating articles that explain the size and economic relevance of three different numbers.
With preserving Nigeria's elephants the goal of a new recipe for action, we can ask if one ingredient is missing.
01.11.2024
Although we typically do not discuss climate change and sleep loss together, people are feeling the impact of elevated night temperatures.