Greg Rosalsky
Stories
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Environment
Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?
A national movement to ban plastic bags is gaining steam, but these restrictions may actually hurt the environment more than help it. Human nature, hard truths, and what kind of bag to use anyway?
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National
Why Hasn't The Gig Economy Killed Traditional Work?
Recent studies suggest we're not witnessing the dawn of a new gig economy. What accounts for the resilience of traditional employment?
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Politics
The economist who overturned decades of thinking about the minimum wage has died. Here's what he taught us
The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.
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Health
Are Doctors Overpaid?
It's Match Week, when med students apply for residencies. An economist argues this residency system is a key reason why U.S. doctors are paid around twice much as doctors in other rich nations.
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Politics
The Return of Rent Control
Oregon just passed a rent control law. Economists have seen this movie before—and they are not eager to see the sequel.
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Politics
If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs?
Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes a new kind of U.S. tax policy: a wealth tax. But the policy faces serious hurdles, including lessons from a failed experiment in Europe and a constitutional challenge
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Business
Are Movies Getting Better?
Spoiler Alert: An economist has evidence that we're in a golden age of cinema.
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National
The Baby-Less Recovery
In the wake of the Great Recession, the U.S. fertility rate has dipped to a record low. Why hasn't it recovered with the broader economy?
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Technology
What The Future Of Work Means For Cities
One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.
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Business
Happy Birthday, Tax Cuts!
Is Trump's tax cut helping working people?