Daily Economy News
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OLLI’s University Day at AIER
The sorts of lectures and discussions enjoyed by participants of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will be offered to the general public at OLLI’s “University Day” on Wednesday.
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Strong Consumer Spending, Weak Business Investment
Consumer strength has been offsetting weak business investment, but this weakness could be laying the foundation for a surprise uptick in economic growth in the second half of 2016, according to the August edition of Business Conditions Monthly, out today from the American Institute for Economic Research.
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Our Summer Economics Education Road Trip
AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative went on the road this summer, and I’d like to report the results. Our Economics-Across-the-Curriculum approach encourages teachers to incorporate economic concepts as well as engaging teaching strategies into their classes on a variety of subjects.
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Big Data vs. Small Data
I received many interesting questions from the audience at my lecture last week, titled “Mom and Pop vs. Big Box – How Small Businesses Compete With Larger Rivals,” but one in particular stood out. One theme of my talk was that small businesses can gather and respond to richer and more detailed information about their…
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Teaching the Unemployment Rate, and Its Limitations
With the new batch of jobs numbers about to come out, a group of high school teachers last week gained a lesson in how that rate is calculated, so that they can teach it to their students.
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Second Month of Strong Job Gains
The U.S. economy posted strong job gains in July, adding 255,000 jobs, according to the report released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?
Most of us have become familiar with the sun-drenched scenes of Cuba’s classic automotive transportation. The easing of relations with the United States could at long last herald changes in the fleet of cars on Cuban roads. Here is a little backstory on that history to propel us forward.
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Economics for Culinary Arts Students?
AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative encourages teachers to integrate economic concepts into their classroom lessons. The final project of the program is the presentation of a lesson idea that was generated during the workshop. I am always amazed how creative the teachers are in their approaches to the lesson. The recent program held on July 11-13, 2016,…
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A Tough GDP Report, But Look at the Big Picture
In the second quarter of 2016 the economy’s output, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product, grew at an annual rate of 1.2 percent, according to the advanced estimate released this morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This is somewhat faster than the growth posted in the first quarter of the year, but still…
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OLLI’s University Day at AIER
The sorts of lectures and discussions enjoyed by participants of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will be offered to the general public at OLLI’s “University Day” on Wednesday.
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•
Strong Consumer Spending, Weak Business Investment
Consumer strength has been offsetting weak business investment, but this weakness could be laying the foundation for a surprise uptick in economic growth in the second half of 2016, according to the August edition of Business Conditions Monthly, out today from the American Institute for Economic Research.
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•
Our Summer Economics Education Road Trip
AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative went on the road this summer, and I’d like to report the results. Our Economics-Across-the-Curriculum approach encourages teachers to incorporate economic concepts as well as engaging teaching strategies into their classes on a variety of subjects.
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•
Big Data vs. Small Data
I received many interesting questions from the audience at my lecture last week, titled “Mom and Pop vs. Big Box – How Small Businesses Compete With Larger Rivals,” but one in particular stood out. One theme of my talk was that small businesses can gather and respond to richer and more detailed information about their…
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•
Teaching the Unemployment Rate, and Its Limitations
With the new batch of jobs numbers about to come out, a group of high school teachers last week gained a lesson in how that rate is calculated, so that they can teach it to their students.
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•
Second Month of Strong Job Gains
The U.S. economy posted strong job gains in July, adding 255,000 jobs, according to the report released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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•
Can U.S. Automakers Crack the Cuban Market?
Most of us have become familiar with the sun-drenched scenes of Cuba’s classic automotive transportation. The easing of relations with the United States could at long last herald changes in the fleet of cars on Cuban roads. Here is a little backstory on that history to propel us forward.
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Economics for Culinary Arts Students?
AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative encourages teachers to integrate economic concepts into their classroom lessons. The final project of the program is the presentation of a lesson idea that was generated during the workshop. I am always amazed how creative the teachers are in their approaches to the lesson. The recent program held on July 11-13, 2016,…
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•
A Tough GDP Report, But Look at the Big Picture
In the second quarter of 2016 the economy’s output, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product, grew at an annual rate of 1.2 percent, according to the advanced estimate released this morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This is somewhat faster than the growth posted in the first quarter of the year, but still…