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Another Color Change for the Presidential Jet

Overseeing the purchase of two new presidential jets, former President Trump changed their colors to red, white and blue:

2 min readJun 21, 2022

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Another Color Change for the Presidential Jet

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How Are We Fighting Inflation Around the World?

Yesterday, we looked at inflation around the world. Today we can see how countries are using interest rates to fight it.

3 min readJun 20, 2022

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How Are We Fighting Inflation Around the World?

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What’s Happening To Inflation Around the World?

During close to 30 years, we grew accustomed to a rather low inflation rate. With few exceptions, year-over-year inflation averaged close…

3 min readJun 19, 2022

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What’s Happening To Inflation Around the World?

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When An Elephant Was Almost a Person

Several months ago, we looked at the case for Happy the Asian elephant. Now there is a decision.

3 min readJun 17, 2022

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When An Elephant Was Almost a Person

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Why We Worry About the World’s Faster Roads

A road is much more than a strip of asphalt. Expressed by Adam Smith in 1776, roads facilitate “distant sale”. They enable mass production…

3 min readJun 16, 2022

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Why We Worry About the World’s Faster Roads

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Why a Catastrophic Oil Spill Might Not Happen

So far we have $33 million from 10 countries and the EU. An unusual example of crowd funding, the goal is to drain oil from a stranded…

3 min readJun 15, 2022

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Why a Catastrophic Oil Spill Might Not Happen

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How to Find Bear Market Territory

Since 1928, based on the S&P 500, there have been 26 stock market declines that we call bear markets. But they were especially frequent…

3 min readJun 14, 2022

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How to Find Bear Market Territory

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Why AV Programmers Have Life and Death Dilemmas

Several months ago, Tesla agreed to recall 53,822 self-driving vehicles that were programmed to roll through a stop sign. The company…

3 min readJun 13, 2022

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Why AV Programmers Have Life and Death Dilemmas

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Why We Run Out of Gas

The number of stranded drivers is up. As the price of gas climbs, so too does the number of unexpectedly empty tanks:

3 min readJun 12, 2022

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Why We Run Out of Gas

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Chili Pepper Problems

Hot sauce lovers are worried.

2 min readJun 10, 2022

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Chili Pepper Problems

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Econlife Team

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