Thursday, September 14, 2017

Some Good News On Median Income And Poverty In The U.S.

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See Median U.S. Household Income Up for 2nd Straight Year by BINYAMIN APPELBAUM of The NY Times. Excerpts: "American households sa...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

Texas Price Gouging Laws

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See Texas attorney general warns of price gouging after Harvey from ABC News. Even here in San Antonio, we have had to face long lines at...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Another Semester Has Started

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Welcome to any new students. The entries usually have something to do with a basic economic principle that is related to a recent news stor...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Do income and happiness tend to go together? Yes, both within and across countries

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See Happiness and Life Satisfaction by Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser. "Do income and happiness tend to go together? The visual...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse Will Cost America Almost $700 Million in Lost Productivity

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From Reuters . But they say it is much less than what is lost due to March Madness, The Super Bowl and Cyber Monday. Smaller companies are m...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

How The Economics Of College Sports Might Be Distorted

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See Stop Giving College Athletes Million-Dollar Locker Rooms: Start Paying Them Big-time college sports programs pour money into absurdly lu...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Do Recessions Really Help People Live Longer, Healthier Lives?

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Debate continues with new research looking at migration effects in historical case studies See By Ben Leubsdorf of The WSJ . "A ne...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

The preference for partners of the same education has significantly increased for white individuals

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See New results on assortative mating by education Tyler Cowen. It seems like well educated whites want partners that will share their valu...