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25.04.2025
Accelerating the recent trend toward less check use, a Presidential executive order mandates eliminating government checks.
24.04.2025
Seeing the goods and services, imports and exports, that compose U.S. China trade, we can better understand the targets of a trade war.
23.04.2025
More than Coca-Cola, new tariffs have added to Pepsi's problems because of its manufacturing facilities in Ireland.
22.04.2025
Whether its X-Men or Snuggies, we will always see examples of tariff creativity when producers try to avoid quotas and taxes.
21.04.2025
While "White Lotus" is propelling Thailand's tourism, in the United States, tourism demand has begun to plunge.
20.04.2025
Connecting economics, current ervents, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from AI and honey bees to Canadian tourists.
19.04.2025
Reflecting changes in tourism and trade, fluctuations in oil demand and oil supply have depressed oil prices.
Every once in a while, (and sometimes each day) I listen to a great podcast, enjoy an article, or see a good video that I want […]
18.04.2025
Further extending the power of the presidency, Mr. Trump could jeopardize Fed independence and effective monetary policy.
17.04.2025
Looking at the impact of climate change on Champagne harvests, we can see why our grapes might not have the same taste.
16.04.2025
An example of the economic need for standardization, Pantone's color of the year gives our color palette a common denominator.
15.04.2025
With a cure for colony collapse disorder still a mystery, honey bee worries have gotten worse for almond farmers.
14.04.2025
Called exceedingly thirsty, AI energy consumption will impact U.S. power generation and emissions during the next five years.
13.04.2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from disappearing jobs to a rare earth primer.
12.04.2025
By focusing on the globe's 17 rare earth elements, we can see what they are, where to find them, and how to get them.
Continuing with our April e-links, I recommend the one podcast that I enjoyed this week because it conveyed some supermarket economics.
11.04.2025
Looking back at Brazil and cotton, and the EU and bananas, we can see how the WTO helps us fight normal trade wars.
10.04.2025
To move Apple's massive supply chain to the United States, it would have to re-coordinate more than 600 component producers.
09.04.2025
Animal economics is about a slew of tradeoffs when we tryi to reduce our carbon imprint with less meat consumption.
08.04.2025
Looking at the steady slide in the number of U.S. manufacturing jobs, we see structural change with several causes.
07.04.2025
With new trade incentives, China's increased demand for dairy product subsidies from its new child policy won't support U.S. firms.
06.04.2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from beavers and inflation to home runs.
05.04.2025
Looking at tariff history, we can see why the benefits of trade and the downside of protection can both be invisible.
Starting our April 2025 e-links, we begin with an idea for a business plan from Melissa McCarthy that will make us smile.
04.04.2025
Looking at baseball economics, we can ask if the extra home runs that players are hitting will be good for the game.
03.04.2025
Responding to changes in supply and demand, the plunging price of pot in Massachusetts reflects the power of the market.
02.04.2025
With inflation, our expectations can create a self-fulfilling prophecy when our future predictions change our current behavior.
01.04.2025
When we think about improving an ecosystem, we can recognize the value of the environment by quantifying the beaver's contribution.
31.03.2025
To reduce traffic congestion, one surprising cause can be added to inadequate mass transit and population sprawl.
30.03.2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from global pension systems to tequila.
29.03.2025
Concludng our March e-links, we continue to focus on Trump trade policies with several must-read articles.
Having a surprising impact on Canadian and Mexican imports, the Trump tariffs will even hit toilet tissue.
28.03.2025
When evaluating Social Security, we can refer to Wall Street Journal headlines and an Australian think tank.
27.03.2025
Comparing trade totals recorded by the United States and China's numbers, we wind up with a balance of trade mystery.
26.03.2025
Sometimes the land, labor, and capital from a small Caribbean island can reflect the big ideas that fuel economic innovation.
25.03.2025
Looking at countries, The Economist and then for cities, Bloomberg/Businessweek told us the best places for women to work.
24.03.2025
Looking at marshmallows in the United Kingdom and the United States, we see why food taxes are not what they appear to be.
23.03.2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, today's economic news roundup ranges from Chicken McNuggets to Social Security solutions.
22.03.2025
With the newest report on the world's happiest countries, we can decide if we agree with the reasons that lift countries to the top.
In a never ending quest to comment knowledgeably on current tariff poilcy, we continue our March e-links with a "Trade Talks" podcast link.