Nick Fountain
Stories
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What a recent executive order from Trump means for housing costs
President Trump recently signed an executive order targeting large institutional investors that buy up homes. But in some circumstances, those large investors have led to more housing affordability.
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The cautionary tale of how Chicago privatized its parking meters
In 2008, Chicago's mayor decided to lease out the city's metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters.
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How do insurance companies determine the value of homes destroyed by wildfires?
Before people who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires can rebuild, they need money. But how does an insurance company figure what a house is worth when there's nothing left standing?
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2 American Economists Win 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize In Economics
Economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer will share the prize for reshaping the understanding of the long-term determinants of economic growth, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
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An Economics Lesson From The World's Longest Yard Sale
Two economics reporters drive the length of an event known as The World's Longest Yard Sale — stretching from Alabama to Michigan — in search of economic wisdom. They discover a truth of behavioral economics and a couple French records, too.