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Fertility, illustratedFOLLOWING up on this week's Leader, The Economist has put together a videographic on recent changes in fertility rates and per capita output:Recent increases in fertility in some of the richest nations are an interesting phenomenon. It seems that as production goods children are inferior, while a... |
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Health care hurricaneALEX TABARROK sees a parallel between a public option in health care markets and Florida's publicly-provided homeowner's insurance option. He links to this story, which reads: After Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 some Floridians were having difficulty purchasing homeowners’ insurance.... |
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Manufacturing upMARKETS took a beating last week, as news from a disappointing September (and third quarter) sank in. So far, October seems to be looking a little brighter. For starters, manufacturing activity across the country continues to increase. According to the Institute for Supply Management, the manufac... |
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The dismal game show categoryVIA Tyler Cowen, here's a look at "Economists" as Jeopardy category:Economists: somewhat less obscure to Americans than "hockey quotes". ... |
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Remembering previous recessionsOTHER bloggers have been elaborating on the discussion of strength of recovery and unemployment levels that I mentioned last week. Paul Krugman continues to carry the torch, and he posts this chart:Which illustrates just how far short of previous recoveries the current recovery is likely to fall.... |
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Paging Casey MulliganREMEMBER when Casey Mulligan said that it was perhaps not a good thing, economically speaking, to give women in developing nations the ability to control family size, because larger populations increased the incidence of innovators, thereby boosting economic growth? That was kind of a silly thing... |
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