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Charged by the Market

Electricity deregulation is finally starting to stir up retail competition in Maryland.
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Features

The Life and Times of Albemarle First

The Charlottesville, Va., banking market experienced significant consolidation in the mid-1990s, leading a few new community banks to open their doors. For one it was a bumpy but ultimately successful ride.
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Organic Promises

Is the grass greener on the organic side?
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Campus Plastic

College students cope with unsecured debt.
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Arrested Development

Growth theory has come a long way. How much further can it go?
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Where the Executives Roam

Corporations have more options for locating their headquarters than ever before, benefiting smaller metropolitan areas.
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Web Exclusive: Fortune 1000 Companies in the Fifth District


Departments

President's Message

Credit Cards on Campus

Federal Reserve

Initiation by Fire
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Web Exclusive: What the World Thought of Greenspan

Jargon Alert

Tragedy of the Commons

Research Spotlight

Culture and Economics
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Policy Update

South Carolina's Shifting Tax Burden
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Around the Fed

Credible Commitment
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Short Takes/News from around the District

Economic History

Branch by Branch
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Interview

Martin Baily
Full Interview
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Book Review

In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State

District/State Economic Conditions

Opinion

A Penny's Worth

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