Economic Growth

April 10, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic growth and uncertainty
Published by Elaine Schwartz at April 10, 2014
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Why Would the Nigerian GDP Double Overnight?

We might have to say BRINC rather than BRICS. As a developing nation with the highest GDP in Africa, South Africa has been the “S” in […]

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April 7, 2014
gender pay gap
Published by Elaine Schwartz at April 7, 2014
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Does It Matter That Men Boast?

Our Monday Gender Issue: Teaching at a girls’ school, I continually run into the problem of modesty. My women know the answers and yet go to […]

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March 24, 2014
gender pay gap
Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 24, 2014
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminism

Our Monday Gender Issue: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer, former MacArthur genius, National Book Critics Circle Award winner, author of the book, Half of a Yellow Sun on […]

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March 21, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 21, 2014
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The One Big Reason We Can’t Really Cut the Federal Deficit

It is tough to be a deficit hawk.   Rather than our typical spike in wartime spending, we have a peacetime deficit. (Please note that the federal […]

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March 13, 2014
China's child policy and milk consumption
Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 13, 2014
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More Expensive Ice Cream?

Milk prices are going up. And yet, in the US, we are drinking less milk. According to Corey Geiger, managing editor of Hoard’s Dairyman magazine, one reason is […]

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February 26, 2014
economic news roundup and height matters
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 26, 2014
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Tall and Short Populations

Princeton economist Angus Deaton estimates that it will take 500 years for Indian women to reach the height of English women. In The Great Escape, Dr. […]

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February 23, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and sleep time
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 23, 2014
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The Plight of the Night Owl

I must start with my bias. I am a night owl. So too were Winston Churchill and Charles Darwin, James Joyce and Glenn Gould. In one […]

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February 16, 2014
Downton Abbey Economics
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 16, 2014
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What Can We Learn From Downton Abbey Economics?

Downton Abbey can tell us a lot about the British economy…but not everything. We know the aristocracy is struggling. Many of the 700 families who had […]

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February 9, 2014
weekly roundup and Ireland's GDP growth rate statistics
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 9, 2014
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Problems With the Unemployment Rate

Almost everyone is saying the unemployment rate is a problem. At 6.6% and with job creation at 113,000, the numbers reflect a troubled jobs market. The […]

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February 6, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 6, 2014
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A Surprising Connection Between Tennessee and the Affordable Care Act

There is probably a tradeoff between health insurance and the demand for jobs. During 2005 in Tennessee, the demand for jobs increased when 170,000 people lost their Medicaid […]

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February 4, 2014
Brazil's Transportation Infrastructure World Cup to-do
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 4, 2014
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Brazil’s World Cup To-Do List

Preparing its transportation infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil has one giant to-do list. In the air and on the ground, it […]

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January 30, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 30, 2014
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Have We Halved the Deficit?

In the State-of-the-Union, President Obama said, “Our deficits–cut by more than half.” Looking at the federal deficit as a percent of GDP, we can say that the […]

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