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What Is Community Development?

By Howard McAuliffe

(27 Ratings)

No More Business-As-Usual: Leveraging Private Investment To Recreate Neighborhoods

By Matthew W. Ashby

(15 Ratings)

Community-Based Rural Redevelopment through Simple, Local Actions: Been Down so Long it Looks Like Up to Me

By Joanne Steele

(8 Ratings)

Brokering Tax Credits—A New Approach to Community Development

By Matthew W. Ashby

(6 Ratings)

The Curious Case of the U.S. Monetary Base

By Richard G. Anderson

Recent increases in the monetary base are far greater than any previously in American history, surely a "noble experiment" in policymaking. Whether these policies can succeed—and without accelerating inflation—remains to be seen.

(3 Ratings)

What Price Convenience? The ATM Surcharge Debate

By Michelle Clark Neely

Millions of Americans are hooked on the convenience of ATMs. But ready cash is getting more expensive. Should policymakers butt in or let the marketplace decide?

(3 Ratings)

Chained, Rested and Ready: The New and Improved GDP

By Kevin L. Kliesen

A retired Navy admiral once said that one accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. The Commerce Department is counting on just that with its new method of calculating GDP.

(2 Ratings)

CRA/HMDA Data Integrity

By Keith Turbett

(2 Ratings)

Digging Into the Infrastructure Debate

By Kevin L. Kliesen and Douglas C. Smith

Is the nation's infrastructure really in such bad shape? Should we be spending more on the Internet and less on interstates? And what of competing needs—health care, education, wars?

(2 Ratings)

Enhancing Social, Economic and Political Networks in and between Communities

(2 Ratings)

How Much Subsidy Is Needed for Redevelopment?

(2 Ratings)

It’s Not Just a Number, It’s the Number

By Jean B. Morisseau-Kuni

(2 Ratings)

Lesson Plan

(2 Ratings)

Low Unemployment: Old Dogs or New Tricks?

By Abbigail J. Chiodo and Michael T. Owyang

Technology usually gets the credit for the unusually low unemployment of the not-too-distant past. But baby boomers, with all their years' experience, also played a role.

(2 Ratings)

Social Security: Who Will Fund Your Nest Egg?

An issue that has captured the attention of baby boomers, Generation Xers and retirees is that of Social Security. Will it be there for you? Who will pay for it? To answer these questions, let's take a look at why the current public pension system was established and how it operates. Then we'll explore some of the proposed changes that meet the challenges of the Social Security System.

(2 Ratings)

The Commercial Paper Market: Who's Minding the Shop?

By Dusan Stojanovic and Mark D. Vaughan

Commercial paper has become a force to be reckoned with in the U.S. money market. It comes with risks, though, that shouldn’t be papered over.

(2 Ratings)

The Real Population Problem: Too Few Working, Too Many Retired

By William Poole and David C. Wheelock

It's not the total number of people that should be causing worry, but the number of retired people relative to those still working. Across the world, the ranks of retirees are swelling as the ranks of those working—and paying taxes to support retirees—are not keeping up. Something—or someone—has got to give.

(2 Ratings)

The Taking of Prosperity? Kelo vs. New London and the Economics of Eminent Domain

By Thomas A. Garrett and Paul Rothstein

The forced sale of homes for private development usually results in a zero-sum gain and may actually hinder development in the area, economists have found.

(2 Ratings)

What is Workforce Development?

By Lyn E. Haralson

(2 Ratings)

Why Do Gasoline Prices React to Things That Have Not Happened?

Gasoline prices sometimes go up to reflect increased future costs. Customers get upset and cry, "Price gouging!" Really, it's just good business. Prices automatically speed up or slow down the commodity flow in order to maximize performance, or what economists call allocative efficiency.

(2 Ratings)

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