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March 12, 2023

Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 12, 2023

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6 Facts: All We Need to Know About Bank Runs

With the Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, two people are smiling but most are not. One co-founder of Mentra, a start-up, was supposed to transfer to […]

March 8, 2023

Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 8, 2023

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What a “K” Says About Starbucks

After the Great Recession, businesses engaged the premiumization that recognizies the split between high and low income households.

March 27, 2020

Weekly Economic News Roundup and explaining the deficit

Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 27, 2020

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What Would John Maynard Keynes Have Said About Stimulus Spending?

To the Great Depression and the Great Recession, we can now add coronavirus stimulus spending as examples of John Maynard Keynes's philosophy.

January 30, 2020

Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 30, 2020

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Throwback Thursday: What Past Super Bowl Ads Said About the Economy

#TBT: For some economic history and a bit of fun, we can look at Apple 1984, the Sock Puppet, and other past Super Bowl ads.

November 2, 2017

Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic crises

Published by Elaine Schwartz at November 2, 2017

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The Surprising Lessons From Economic Crises

For all economic crises, some economists tell us, "This time it's different," while others disagree with their new solutions.

October 19, 2017

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Denmark's bigger GDP

Published by Elaine Schwartz at October 19, 2017

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Connecting a Good Economy to Bad Health

It makes sense to assume that when the economy is better, we feel better, We should have less illness and live longer. Correspondingly, in a sick […]

May 12, 2017

Published by Elaine Schwartz at May 12, 2017

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How We Primed the Pump

When President Trump refers to priming the pump, we can think of the Great Depression, the Great Recession and deficit spending that can fuel the economy.

September 6, 2015

Published by Elaine Schwartz at September 6, 2015

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Business

Deciding if the Labor Market is Okay

Including the unemployment, quits and participation rates, Janet Yellen's labor market indicators will help her decide whether to raise interest rates.

November 12, 2014

Published by Elaine Schwartz at November 12, 2014

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Dodd-Frank: When Is A Law Too Long To Obey?

With debated impact, a little more than half of the thousands of rules necessary for implementing the financial regulation in Dodd-Frank have been written.

November 6, 2014

Crowd funding is the source of a new group of financial intermediaries.

Published by Elaine Schwartz at November 6, 2014

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Business

One Woman’s Response To Uber

Whether looking at a woman who needs close to $360 to pay her rent or a railroad that needs to be built, financial intermediaries are an economic necessity.

October 31, 2014

Published by Elaine Schwartz at October 31, 2014

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Business

How Does a Helicopter Drop $4 Trillion?

When the Federal Reserve's three basic monetary policy tools did not work, it created quantitative easing to up economic growth and decrease unemployment.

September 18, 2014

An economic indicator, CEO use of curse words during conference calls Increased during the recession.

Published by Elaine Schwartz at September 18, 2014

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Business

An Unusual Economic Indicator: the Chief Expletive Offerer

In conference calls with investors and analysts during the great recession, CEOs expressing curse words more frequently could be an economic indicator.