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New attitudes that value marriage less and new economics through which women have more pay and education and men work less have changed marriage markets.
This week’s stories on everyday economics include competitive market structures, business cycles, saving, conspicuous consumption and economic indicators.
We need to raise the low U.S. savings rate with new incentives like a lottery on savings deposits because households and business investment need savings.
Our weekly roundup includes stories from everyday economics that relate to creative destruction, taxation, price floors, labor markets and entitlements.
The lottery that Slovakia uses to catch VAT tax dodgers reflects fiscal challenges that eurozone countries like Germany and the Netherlands do not face.
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