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February 19, 2015
Everyday economics and Aging populations and birth rates
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 19, 2015
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Part 1: What To Do When More People Are Old

As population shifts, developed nations will have redistribution decisions as the proportion of the non-working aged and the young need more labor income.

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January 27, 2015
Everyday economics of income mobility
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 27, 2015
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The Reason It Can Be Tough to Cross the Street

Called the American Dream, the income mobility that lifts a child beyond a parent's poverty can depend on a community's characteristics.

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January 20, 2015
everyday economics, behavioral economics and saving less
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 20, 2015
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How Chocolate Chip Cookies Explain Why We Save Less

Explained by behavioral economics, we save relatively little for retirement because of intertemporal selfishness and seeing our future selves as strangers.

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January 15, 2015
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and shrinking middle class
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 15, 2015
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A Mystery: Trying to Find the Middle Class

While everyone refers to the middle class and most of us say we are in the middle class, few know the characteristics of the group to which they refer.

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January 9, 2015
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 9, 2015
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How Men Act When They Outnumber Women

How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men's financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.

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January 8, 2015
Everyday Economics and how dynamic scoring is controversial because it spotlights growth instead of spending categories.
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 8, 2015
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Understanding a New Tax Issue

With the House requiring dynamic scoring of tax legislation from the CBO, the bigger tax debate resurfaces on how much redistribution and spending.

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January 4, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 4, 2015
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What a Blind Taste Test Showed About Beer

Behavioral economic ideas show that product differentiation and consumer preference are more from branding than the taste of colas or beers.

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December 16, 2014
Oscar betting markets
Published by Elaine Schwartz at December 16, 2014
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Why Academy Award Winners Might Live Longer

Relating income inequality to the stress felt by low status Bolivian Tsimane men and academy award losers, researchers said that stress that harms health.

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November 7, 2014
Weekly economic news roundup and marijuana update
Published by Elaine Schwartz at November 7, 2014
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Four Ways to Understand Marijuana Demand

With an increasing number of states legalizing marijuana, demand is shifting because of changes in utility, complementary products and the number of buyers.

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October 26, 2014
Everyday economics: A misery index number conveys the potential distress created by unemployment and inflation.
Published by Elaine Schwartz at October 26, 2014
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An Economist’s Definition of Misery

While a misery index shows a nation's inflation and unemployment rates, the eurozone's high unemployment might create disproportionate unhappiness.

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October 21, 2014
Because of new attitudes and economics, there is less supply of "marriageable" men and more valuable women in marriage markets.
Published by Elaine Schwartz at October 21, 2014
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Why There is Less Marriage

New attitudes that value marriage less and new economics through which women have more pay and education and men work less have changed marriage markets.

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October 16, 2014
aging population pyramids
Published by Elaine Schwartz at October 16, 2014
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The Best Places For Growing Old

With populations growing older in the developed world, their wellbeing might affect the GDP growth rate because of the expense of their care.

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