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Apr 14 2024
News
Real World Economics: Econ 101 explains district budgeting dilemmas
The St. Paul Public School District’s need to close a projected $100 million deficit for the coming year, discussed in recent weeks, is not unique. Similar situations prevail for school districts large and small across the state. Moreover, the same underlying problem is hitting many other institutions, including churches, scout troops and American Legion posts. The phenomenon is more than
Pioneer PressApr 17 2024
News
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Costing $191M *A Day* In Lost Economic Activity.
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, which forced the partial closure of the city’s port, could cost the state almost $200 million a day in lost economic activity. Commercial shipping activity at the Port of Baltimore has been severely disrupted since late March when a cargo ship allided with the bridge, causing it to collapse into the shipping channel below.
The National PulseJan 11 2024
Opinion
Do we really live in an “age of inequality”?
In recent weeks, a major debate has gripped the field of economics, one with significant policy stakes. In one sense, the debate is about the nature and extent of inequality in the US: are the rich really taking more of the pie than ever before? Has their share of income been growing very fast, or gradually? Is inequality the defining challenge of our time, or simply one among many?
In
VoxApr 22 2024
News
High global food prices may finally see a bottom in 2024, says Oxford Economics
A food shopper searches for vegetables July 1, 2023 at the Hannaford supermarket in South Burlington, Vermont. Rising food prices around the world may finally be seeing a bottom this year. According to Oxford Economics, global food prices are expected to decline in 2024, offering some relief for shoppers. "Our baseline forecast is for world food commodity prices to register an annual decline
CNBCJun 16 2019
News
Workers’ protest, candidate forum put spotlight on race and economic inequality
Hours before they sat down with broadcaster Soledad O’Brien to talk about the racial wealth gap, a few Democratic presidential hopefuls listened to Taiwanna Milligan explain how hard it is to take care of a chronically ill child on $7.25 an hour. “I’m a single mother of a sick 12-year-old. My son has sickle cell anemia,” said Milligan, 42, of Orangeburg, who has worked at McDonald’s
Washington PostApr 09 2024
News
Seattle economic forecast offers little relief for City Hall
The Seattle City Council’s most recent economic forecast does little to assuage any budget anxiety facing City Hall, as the near-term outlook for sales and business taxes in the metropolitan area continues to look sluggish. Seattle’s slowing construction industry and underperforming employment growth continue to underpin the budget headache facing the city’s decision-makers. Combined with
The Seattle TimesMar 22 2024
News
Eclipse’s expected economic impact on Evansville
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- The total solar eclipse is only a few weeks away, and Explore Evansville announces what it believes the economic impact will be for the local economy. The eclipse on April 8 is expected to bring in about $7.7 million across sectors of transportation, retail, food and lodging for the city of Evansville. Explore Evansville says that the estimate is a conservative number,
WEHT/WTVWApr 12 2024
News
Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Dave McCormick lays out economic priorities
EXCLUSIVE — Dave McCormick, the Republican contender in Pennsylvania’s Senate election, said he wants to use his experience as a prominent business executive to cut federal regulations and pare back the administrative state. McCormick, 58, is a West Point graduate and combat veteran who has made a major name for himself in the world of business and finance. After a few years of service in the
Washington ExaminerApr 15 2024
News
Protesters Shut Down 880 Freeway in Oakland as Part of 'Economic Blockade' for Gaza
Beginning shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, protesters blocked all lanes of the northbound 880 freeway in Oakland just south of the 23rd Ave exit to decry Israel’s ongoing assault and blockade of Gaza. Dozens of activists converged on the freeway and sat in the roadway, with California Highway Patrol Officers in riot gear gathering in front of and behind the demonstrators. Another group of dozens
KQEDMar 20 2024
Opinion
Are Immigrants the Secret to America’s Economic Success?
When we accuse a politician of dehumanizing some ethnic group, we’re usually being metaphorical. The other day, however, Donald Trump said it straight out: Some migrants are “not people, in my opinion.”
Well, in my opinion, they are people. I’d still say that even if the migrant crime wave Trump and his allies harp on were real, and not a figment of their imagination (violent crime has
Paul Krugman