Weekly Economic News Roundup and explaining the deficit
Taxes and Spending
Debating the X-Date

Related to existing fiscal policy obligations, the X-date indicates precisely when the U.S. must have a higher debt ceiling.

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and emerging economies
Financial Markets
How to Identify an Emerging Market

When the press refers to the world’s emerging market economies, they could mean a vast array of disparate countries.

global well-being
Economic Growth
Six Facts About Global Poverty and Wealth

Last September, Credit Suisse published its Global Wealth Report. Looked at with numbers from Our World in Data, we can get a picture of Global Poverty and Affluence. Six Facts: Global Poverty and Wealth 1. In 1820, 75 percent of…

Economic news roundup and sovereign debt
Fiscal policy
Where Sovereign Debt Comes From

We can better grasp the sovereign debt of advanced, emerging market, and developing economies by looking at the different groups of lenders.

economic news roundup and infrastructure
Transportation
Why We Worry About the World’s Faster Roads

Decomposing development, researchers tell us that less road safety can constrain a middle income country’s economic growth.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and flawed emissions data
What's Trending
COP26 Flawed Emissions Data

At the heart of climate policy, we have the COP26 worldwide forum coping with flawed emissions data that they cannot correct.

econlife e-links
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October 2021 Friday’s e-links: Evergrande’s Lehman Moment

Our October 2021 e-links begin with a podcast story of the rise and probable demise of the giant Chinese property developer, Evergrande.

Central bank digital currencies
Money and Banking
What Central Banks Could Do To Our Cash

As more nations experiment with central bank digital currencies, we could see less cash, fewer banks, and maybe some unintended consequences.

paid paternity leave
entitlements
The Demographic Squeeze

Looking at birth and death rates, we can identify population problems that are creating a demographic squeeze.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Measuring Mount Everest
Regulatory Policy
Where Mount Everest Economics Take Us

Whether looking at its newfound height, the traffic jams, or the role of Nepal, Mount Everest always takes us to the margin.

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