(PhysOrg.com) -- States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study ...
Economics & Business
Dec 18, 2009
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How is climate change going to affect our economic activity in the future? Many researchers have dug into this subject empirically in recent years, including economists Michael Greenstone and Benjamin Olken of MIT. Now Olken, ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2013
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When you buy a bottle of soda at the store, a few things factor into the price: the cost to make the soda, to make the bottle, and to transport it to you.
Economics & Business
Feb 20, 2020
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New research on China suggests that declining birth rates and an aging population might not hinder future prosperity when associated with better education of the young.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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The COVID-19 lockdowns are projected to cause a decline in economic growth due to the restrictions on labour activities and economic production.
Economics & Business
May 15, 2020
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The 24th annual Arkansas Poll, released today, found voters continue to be most concerned about the economy, politics and drugs, which were two of the top three concerns from 2021 (drugs supplanted healthcare as the third ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price ...
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2022
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The day before new U.K. chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget plan for economic growth, a pound would buy you about $1.13. After financial markets rejected the plan, the pound suddenly sunk to around $1.07. Though it has ...
Economics & Business
Oct 3, 2022
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Around the world, nations are looking at the prospect of shrinking, aging populations—but none more so than South Korea.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2023
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Parents often expect that their kids will have a good shot at making more money than they ever did.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2016
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