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  • The Global Economy - 8/17/16
    As many observers know, the global economy continues to disappoint, generating lower growth rates than historic norms. Slow growth is nothing new – as…
  • Unequally Shared Wealth - 8/31/16
    Recently released data presented in a report from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that U.S. family wealth totaled sixty seven trillion dollars in…
  • Employment for the Class of 2015 - 9/6/16
    As reported by writer Elizabeth Olson, last year’s law school graduates landed fewer jobs in private practice than any other graduating class in the last…
  • Boom in July Home Sales - 9/9/16
    Recent data indicate that more new homes were sold this July than during any single month in nearly a decade. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, buyers…
  • Unexpected Political Dynamics - 9/14/16
    Despite the completion of seven years of economic recovery, many Americans remain unnerved by the nation’s economic prospects. In many instances, this had…
  • Geography of Inequality - 9/26/16
    A chart developed by Branko Milanovic, an economics professor at the City University of New York, has been nicknamed the elephant chart because of its…
  • Rise in Household Income - 9/29/16
    Earlier this month, the Census Bureau supplied some long anticipated good news for America’s working class – incomes for the typical household increased…
  • Politics and Infrastructure - 10/4/16
    Americans don’t seem to agree upon much these days from the perspective of economic policymaking, whether the subject is taxes, regulation, interest…
  • IMF Economic Forecast - 10/19/16
    The International Monetary Fund is warning that ongoing sluggish global economic growth could bolster the emerging anti-trade backlash that has become a…
  • Asian Americans in the U.S. Workplace - 10/27/16
    Twenty sixteen may be remembered for many things, including as the year of the stereotype. Broad statements have been made about many groups of people…
  • Spending vs. Sunlight - 11/21/16
    Earlier this month, you got to sleep in an additional hour. That hour felt terrific, though you weren’t awake to realize it. While many people enjoy…
  • Examining the Economy
    As of this moment, the U.S. economy seems to be in pretty decent shape. Odds of a near-term recession appear low. As reported by The Wall Street Journal,…
  • Job Training
    With the economy approaching completion of its eighth year of recovery, employers large and small are complaining that they can’t find workers with the…
  • GDP
    Last year, the U.S. economy expanded just 1.6 percent in terms of gross domestic product or GDP. 2016 will go down as yet another year of tepid growth.…
  • Where Economists' Expertise Stops
    Economists are ubiquitous in the world of public policy. As pointed out by writer Neil Irwin, walk half a block in downtown Washington, for instance, and…
  • The World's Most Expensive Cities
    Perhaps you’ve lived through the following situation – an acquaintance tells you that a common friend, perhaps someone you went to school with or once…
  • Sellers Wield Power
    You remember that a few years ago the housing market could be easily characterized as a buyers. During and after the recession, there was a flood of…
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  • The Reports: October 9-13
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  • The Reports: October 16-20
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