Economic Growth

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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January 23, 2014
everyday economics and tax impact
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 23, 2014
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One Reason That $1.1 Trillion is Not So Much

The Congress just agreed on $1.1 trillion in federal spending. But let’s look a bit more closely… Each year, I give my class a federal budget […]

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January 22, 2014
decreasing child mortality rates in developing countries
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 22, 2014
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One Way That the “Poor Beat the Rich”

In just 8 minutes, Hans Rosling shows us that, with child mortality rates, the developing world is making more progress than we might expect. With his […]

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January 20, 2014
global learning
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 20, 2014
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The Revolution That Grandma Started

The NYC Miss Subways competition was about a lot more than pretty “girls” (as they were called). To become Miss Subways for a month, applicants had […]

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January 16, 2014
supply chain
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 16, 2014
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Connecting Abigail Adams to Janet Yellen

Reading about “touch generations” in Sam Arbesman’s Wired Magazine blog, I realized that Abigail Adams and Janet Yellen were connected. Different generations touch when one’s birth year coincides with someone else’s […]

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January 15, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging and fertility
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 15, 2014
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The Green Blog: Why Japan Might Face a Demographic Crisis

By Madeleine Vance, guest blogger and student at Kent Place School. As of late, younger Japanese citizens are choosing to live the single life rather than […]

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January 12, 2014
global learning
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 12, 2014
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Which College Grads Have Unemployment Problems?

With a 6.7% unemployment rate and 74,000 jobs created for December, are you okay if you have a bachelor’s degree? I discovered some answers in a […]

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January 11, 2014
consumer spending history
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 11, 2014
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Happy Birthday to a Great Father (of our economy)

When you sing happy birthday to Alexander Hamilton today, please just think of an upward sloping (logarithmic) economic growth line:   Today, 257–or maybe 259–years ago […]

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January 6, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and life satisfaction
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 6, 2014
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The Invention That Started to Close the Gender Gap

Worrying that labor saving devices would replace her, Downton Abbey’s cook, Mrs. Patmore, was not pleased with the new electric mixer that arrived in her kitchen […]

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January 5, 2014
Economic Geography British Coastline Mandelbrot
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 5, 2014
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One Reason That Geography Matters

Have you ever looked closely at Japan and the United Kingdom? Described by geographer Jared Diamond in a fascinating podcast, they look remarkably similar. Today Japan […]

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January 4, 2014
State migration goldfish
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 4, 2014
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Do You Live in a Popular State?

Listening to Bloomberg news the other morning, I heard that Atlas Van Lines just came out with their annual migration study. The radio report said New […]

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