The one number we can be sure of for the Cassidy-Graham Healthcare Plan is 141. Its length is 141 pages. With no “score” from the Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers have no shared estimate of its fiscal and coverage impact. Meanwhile,…
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Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Emoji Designers to iPhone Buyers
Weekly Roundup Sunday 09.17.17 Why India’s farmers like U.S. frackers… Monday 09.18.17 Where emojis come from… …
What Amazon Wants For Its HQ2
Our story starts with one of the transistor’s inventors. According to a Wired article, William Shockley is the reason that Silicon Valley grows chips instead of apricots. Although Shockley Semiconductor failed, its employees created a local diaspora of techies. Similar…
What Your Phone Says About How You Spend Your Money
Knowing that statisticians suggest iPhone users tend to be more affluent than Android owners, we can hypothesize how their spending differs.
Why We Buy Our iPhones
With its newest and priciest product launch, Apple has made iPhone conspicuous consumption the reason to buy their phone.
Why It Helps to Have (Emoji) Standardization
We know that transactions are easier when weights and measures and times are standardized but do we need emoji standardization?
Fracking and India’s Guar Bean Bubble
Used in ice cream, India’s guar gum is also so necessary for fracking that the rise of oil prices created a guar bean bubble.
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Job Losers to Lottery Winners
Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes aspirational foods, Kenya’s plastic bags and lottery winners.
Debating Kenya’s Plastic Bag Ban
To hear a single-use plastic bag regulation debate, you could go to Kenya or NYC while Rwandans might be discussing their plastic bag black market.
The Money That People Won’t Spend
Swinging from hyperinflation to deflation, the value of Zimbabwe currency has created uncertainty for more than a decade.