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09.09.2024
Looking at the penny debate, we have a slew of reasons on both sides that have been used for decades with one new addition from the TSA.
08.09.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from taxing tips to Crypto, and ATMs.
07.09.2024
Power hungry cryptocurrency mining and AI data centers could have a worrisome impact on our electricity demand.
For insight, smiles, and some loud laughs, we begin our September e-links by recommending the FX/Hulu "English Teacher" streaming series.
06.09.2024
With taxing tips proposals coming from both presidential candidates, we need to see some of the complexities.
05.09.2024
Looking at the economic side of music, we can focus on the tradeoffs that relate to art, money, and technology.
04.09.2024
Supply and demand can help us understand the war that Thailand's fisheries are fighting against an alien species.
03.09.2024
As a cash country, more than most other nations, Germany has to protect its ATMs from an increasing number of explosions.
02.09.2024
Never static, as job markets evolve with growing and declining occupations, it can be a painful process that fuels economic growth.
01.09.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, today's economic news roundup ranges from immigation to U.S. election economics.
31.08.2024
More than a source of electricity, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam challenges Egyptian and Ethiopian identity.
Continuing our August e-links, I recommend the economic analysis of the Harris and Trump budgets at Penn Wharton for deficit insight.
30.08.2024
Reading the impact of presidential candidate budget proposals in the Penn Wharton Budget Model, we can eliminate misinformation.
29.08.2024
About more than delayed airport construction, the Philippines' sand demand problem reflects a global resource shortage.
28.08.2024
Understanding immigration involves knowing if an aging destination nation needs the skills that migrants bring.
27.08.2024
Immensely complex, understanding immigration takes us to a massive jigsaw puzzle whose big pieces tell us "why" and "where."
26.08.2024
As satellites increasingly display that the earth has higher cities, scientists are concerned with the impact on climate change.
25.08.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranged from less manufacturing to higher disaster costs.
24.08.2024
As U.S. trading relationships enter a transitional period, we can ask where and how we move from our traditional connection to China.
Continuing with our August e-links, today we inaugurate our presidential campaign issues series with inflation and immigration.
23.08.2024
Knowing the world's busiest ports from a new Lloyd's report can help us assess the U.S./China protectionist trade policy.
22.08.2024
Through 6 facts about women in the labor force, we can look back and look forward at our progress and problems.
21.08.2024
Embraced by politicians and a majority of the population, the middle class is a group that can be tough to define.
20.08.2024
When observers say that disaster events fuel the economy, they ignore that the activity is replacing the past rather than moving forward.
19.08.2024
Looking at Janesville, Wisconsin, we can see how a city recovered from the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs when its GM plant closed.
18.08.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from grocery prices to soup dumplings and M&Ms.
17.08.2024
Continuing with our August e-links, we recommend a podcast that explains how stars demand top movie billing.
More than a list of burger prices, the Economist's Big Mac Index lets us compare different currencies' purchasing power.
16.08.2024
While rising grocery prices are easy to recognize every time we shop, the causes of inflation have been more complex.
15.08.2024
While we can look at carbon emissions as a planet and as a country, still it comes down to our household's carbon footprint.
14.08.2024
While we associate money with most job negotiations, sometimes we create contractual surprises that are non-financial.
13.08.2024
Driving with an Indian trucker, we can see firsthand why India's roads are slowing growth and foreign investment.
12.08.2024
Rather than sadness with the rather brief tenure of the Pumpkin Spice Latte we should be happy that it disappears at its popularity peak.
11.08.2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Olympic medals to tasty sodas and U.S. debt.
10.08.2024
Continuing our August e-links, we've pivoted to a trifecta on China's slowdown with a podcast, a powerpoint, and an article.
Whether looking at Mountain Dew or Coke, we are in the vast territory of soda preferences that includes taste, health, and image.
09.08.2024
Although McDonald's is at the top of every list for fast food competition, it is not necessarily ranked number one.
08.08.2024
Especially with higher interest rates, and spending from the Trump and Biden administrations, the U.S. debt is at worrisome levels.
07.08.2024
Looking at Olympic ranking criteria, we always focus on the gold medal winners but there are lots of other possibilities.
06.08.2024
With the International Olympic Committee having announced gold medalist pay, we can ask who ahould be paid.