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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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Podcast Episode 2: All Things CoronavirusListen now (63 min) | Stories covered in this episode:
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Between 1980 and 1985, the average household spending on housing—mortgage or rent with utilities included—doubled based on Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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In the first quarter of 2022, U.S. productivity dropped as real gross domestic product (GDP) fell for the first time since the beginnings of the…
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Podcast: The Renewable Industry Bankruptcies of 2011Listen now (17 min) | The first episode of the Investigative Economics podcast covers our recent stories on the high-profile bankruptcies in the…
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Around 2010 to 2015, global lithium production plateaued. Demand for the main ingredient in lithium-ion batteries had been steadily growing over the…
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Cancer rates have been in decline for decades, often attributed to changes in habits, new approaches to cancer treatments and early detection. But in…
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Metabiota is a San Francisco-based health startup known for tracking epidemics. It's currently gotten some attention because it received funding…
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