Post Tagged with: "Economy"

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  Pretty Good in the Hood

  With the Dow at a record high, investors are their most optimistic since September 2000.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Overgrown Ivory Towers

  There’s a sense of growing unease in academia: University infrastructure is taking a hit.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Cuba’s Birth Rate: Bust to Boom?

  It’s easier than ever to raise children in … Cuba!
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Drive Less, Live Longer

  U.S. highway fatalities rose 7.2 percent last year, the highest spike since 1966.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] To Splurge or Not To Splurge

  Comparing relative strengths of sectors can uncover underlying social mood and foretell trend reversals.
   
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  Gene Stanley is The Puzzle Solver

  This essay describes the research of econophysicist Dr. H. Eugene Stanley, keynote speaker of the 2016 Social Mood Conference.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] To Splurge or Not To Splurge

  Comparing relative strengths of sectors can uncover underlying social mood and foretell trend reversals.
   
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  If Your Nest Egg Breaks, Will You Still Want the Nest?

  It’s been less than a decade since the housing bubble burst, yet home prices in the UK and US today hover near new highs.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Not In Service

  New York City taxis may be on their last fares.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] This Class Got Extra Credit

  “Nearly seven million Americans have gone at least a year without making a payment on their federal student loans.”