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I'm just going to leave this here. I have no idea where to start… POET announced today it will idle production at its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, IN due to recent decisions by the Administration regarding SREs. The process to idle the plant will take several weeks, after which the plant will cease processing of…
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“I did say, ‘Well, the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are based on all statistics.’ And it’s even getting better because I agree with that we want the best water, the cleanest water. It’s crystal clean, has to be crystal clean clear.” President Trump to an interviewer after meeting with…
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There are 17 sessions with 5 papers each (no discussants), 3 student sessions (with discussants, organized by Elaine Frey) and 1 panel discussion (the last session so attendance will be lower than our usual "tips" session): Tips for Students and Newish Economists Moderator: Elaine F. Frey, California State University, Long Beach Panelists: Jill L. Caviglia-Harris,…
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Following the political dominoes of international trade policy can be mind-boggling, but the basic economic principles can be simple. A tariff placed on U.S. products by another country (like meat, cheese, and soy beans) will reduce the amount (supply) of U.S. meat, cheese, and soy beans sold in other countries, and increase the amount of…
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I'm not sure how I missed the original story, but I'm surprised John and I weren't the first call when this happened: Whiskey barrels were piled in a mountainous heap Wednesday after the rest of a whiskey storage warehouse collapsed in Kentucky, nearly two weeks after part of the decades-old structure came crashing down. The…
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Don't take this as support for tariffs, my inner economist is strongly opposed to tariffs on economic efficiency grounds, but my inner hillbilly is slightly happy that an EU tariff on American whiskey is likely to lower U.S. whiskey prices (at least in the short run). Life can't be all beer… Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey…
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From NBC.com: This community voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. But now his immigration changes are killing its livelihood — legendary crabs that are a mainstay of the local economy and a regional delicacy. For decades, Hoopers Island, known for its crabbing industry, has relied on a federal seasonal work program — known as H-2B visas…
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The Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings will be held November 18-20, 2018 in Washington, D.C.: https://www.southerneconomic.org/conference/ Submit your abstract for presentation in an AERE session at the 2018 SEA here: http://www.mymeetingsavvy.com/aere-sea/login.aspx You will be asked to enter relevant author information and upload a pdf document with your paper's title, author names and an abstract of…
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What happens when the people of China decide that butter is yummy? A sharp increase in global demand has caused the wholesale price of butter to nearly double in Europe. Consumers are paying more too: retail prices jumped nearly 20% in June over the previous year, according to data from Euromonitor. Federation des Entrepreneurs de…
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From FiveThirtyEight.com: Philadelphia supermarkets and distributors say beverage sales have dropped 30 percent to 50 percent after the city instituted a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks. On one hand, these are the same people who want to get the tax repealed, and we don’t have hard numbers yet, so take this with a…
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