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July 27, 2024

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Ice Cream to French Fries

Weekly Roundup​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​   Sunday 07.21.24 The economics of ice cream…   Monday 07.22.24 How elevators lifted the economy… Tuesday 07.23.24 Where bitcoin didn’t work…   […]

July 22, 2024

How Elevators (Do and Don’t) Give Us a Lift

Taken for granted, since the mid-nineteenth century, the ups and downs of elevator economics have affected our economy. In addition, we do not have enough elevators. Attributed to the labor and regulatory cost of elevators, the U.S. needs more:

July 14, 2024

How Supply and Demand Make Presidential Predictions

Called collective intelligence, sometimes crowds can be smarter than individuals. Take jelly beans. When researchers have tried to compare the individual and the crowd, they have […]