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March 11th of 2020 is when the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet months prior, short sellers would begin to take…
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In testimony to the Senate Banking Committee in March, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that every $10 increase in a barrel of oil leads to a .2…
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A recent article in the New York Times and a research paper from Child Trends—a research organization focused on child welfare—highlighted the stark…
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an average for the cost of goods to consumers that determines inflation or the relative value of currency. The…
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Podcast Episode 3: All Things CaliforniaListen now (33 min) | Note: California announced a plan to preserve Diablo Canyon after this episode was recorded.
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A previous story on Investigative Economics detailed how money didn’t appear to significantly affect the outcomes of major league baseball teams in the…
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A long standing economic theory states that money supply controls inflation. Otherwise known as the equation of exchange, it states that the total…
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In July, the U.K. and a good portion of Western Europe experienced a severe heatwave the likes of which those countries hadn't seen for decades. With…
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Recent protests have engulfed Sri Lanka with the president fleeing as the country has hit financial straits. Unable to pay its foreign creditors, the…
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Since 2000, there have been 237 to 350 lung transplants a year for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. In 2020, there were 78 based on data from…
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At the outset of the pandemic, complaints to the New York City Police Department collected by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)—the independent…
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Criminal court clearance rates—the rate at which a court clears cases from their docket—took a dive in 2020 as the pandemic shut down court systems…
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