Monday, April 29, 2013

Is The Rich-Poor Education Gap Getting Bigger?

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See No Rich Child Left Behind SEAN F. REARDON, a professor of education and sociology at Stanford. From yesterday's NY Times. Excerpts:...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Pot Business Is Very Competitive In Colorado

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The only question is if its perfect competition or monopolistic competition. See The Pot Business Suffers Growing Pains by ANA CAMPOY of Th...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Students: Would You Like A Free College Education And Stipends Of $990 A Month For Six Years?

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See Danes Rethink a Welfare State Ample to a Fault by SUZANNE DALEY of The New York Times. Even some liberal or left-wing politicians think...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Interesting New Book: With Charity for All

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The full title is: With Charity for All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give . It is by Ken Stern. Click here to read the WSJ...
Monday, April 08, 2013

How Recessions Affect Young People

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This is actually a post from 2010. But this kind of issue came up in a NY Times magazine article last week. See Do Millennials Stand a Chanc...
Friday, April 05, 2013

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index & The Anheuser-Busch InBev/Grupo Modelo Merger

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The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index is a way of measuring how competitive or concentrated an industry is. The market share of each firm in an ind...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents

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Click here to read the NY Times article by BINYAMIN APPELBAUM from March 20. Excerpts: "The decline of two-parent households may be ...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Should Employers Penalize Employees Who Don't Engage In Healthy Behavior?

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See Employers increasingly are looking to lower their health care costs by using incentives such as cash rewards by Katie Thomas of the New...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that women experience systematic pay discrimination?

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In one of my micro sections we read a chapter about pay for men and women in the book The Economics of Public Issues . Is there sufficient...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Is There Economic And Political Meaning In "The Wizard of Oz?"

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To get a handle on this, you can read Money and Politics in the Land of Oz By Quentin P. Taylor. Also, for my students, there is an article...
Friday, March 08, 2013

What Do An Obama Economic Advisor And A Bush Economic Advisor Agree On?

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They both agree that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program is a better anti-poverty program than the minimum wage. Click here to rea...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Hungary Tries a Dash of Taxes to Promote Healthier Eating Habits

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Click here to read the New York Times article by SUZANNE DALEY (from March 3, 2013). This week in my micro class, we read a chapter from t...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Should U. S. Citizenship Be For Sale?

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See A Market Solution to Immigration Reform: The U.S. needs more people with skills and vision. To get them, it should sell the right to bec...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

What Will College Students Do For Money?

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See The Student Body, for Sale: To meet the rising cost of college, students can call on at least one resource all their own by Don Troop o...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Do Oscar Nominations Mean Money At The Box Office?

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See Best Picture Contenders Earn Over $300 Million After Nominations . Excerpt: "Much more so than in past years, the 2012 Best Pictu...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Is There Really A Honey Bee Shortage?

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Fewer bees in US a threat to world's almond supply By GOSIA WOZNIACKA. The bees are needed for pollination and they have been suffering...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

What Does Nike Sell?

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Click here to find out . It may not be what you think.
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Do Illegal Immigrants Actually Hurt the U.S. Economy?

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Click here to read the article from today's NY Times magazine . Excerpts: "Illegal immigration does have some undeniably negativ...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Does Qatar Have The Highest Per Capita GDP Or Is It Another Country?

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Click here to see the CIA rankings on capita GDP . Here is the current top 15: 1 Qatar $102,800 2 Liechtenst...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

A Special Valentine's Message On Romantic Love

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Below is a repeat of last year's Valentine's day post. I am not sure if the links are still working: The first one is Researchers ...
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