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Don’t Expand the Trade WarTrade allows us to buy things we cannot efficiently produce ourselves.

It’s the Disease, Not the GovernmentConsumer spending changed before any government restrictions were implemented.

Mother’s Day and Unmeasured EconomicsA disproportionate share of unmeasured work falls to women, particularly those who happen to have kids.

What Are Essential Jobs?In normal times there is no such division as ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’ workers.

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April 5, 2020	Long-Term Changes from COVID-19We need to place a more personal context on this crisis, and muse upon the potential change this will lead to in our economic lives.
January 5, 2020	Growing Regional Inequality Is the Challenge of Our AgeAn educated workforce began to replace physical capital as a factor explaining economic growth.
February 17, 2019	Housing Demand in Indiana’s CommunitiesThe traditional economic factors of supply and demand explain nearly all new home construction in Indiana’s counties.
September 30, 2018	Broadband Funding the Right Move, for Unexpected ReasonsMeasures of regional inequality were worse due to the absence of this technology.

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