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George Jeffersonomics, that is.
TV Land’s Labor Day Weekend The Jeffersons marathon got us wondering about economics and economic myths. Weezy somehow managed to convince George that he was charging to much for dry cleaning and that he had a social responsibility to cut prices and … lose money. At episode’s end George was cutting prices [...]

Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. spends more on primary and secondary education than most developed countries, yet has larger classes, lower test scores and higher dropout rates, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported.
The U.S. spent about $12,000 per student, second only to Switzerland among the 30 OECD countries based on 2003 figures, [...]