1. And human attention certainly behaves like an economic good in the sense that we buy it and measure it. 2. But there is something profoundly wrong with the way we measure economic well-being if this tragedy leads to the conclusion that some economic good was achieved. 3. Even some Democrats with White House experience acknowledge that Clinton-Gore claims of responsibility for the economic good times may be a bit inflated. 4. Experts agree that casinos do little economic good if all they do is change the address where local residents spend their entertainment dollars. 5. In the shopping district of Christiansted, store owners said they expected nothing but economic good from the first casino venture. 6. Long term, analysts see too much good economic and earnings news not to think stocks are headed higher. 7. People act as though their attention is a scarce economic good. 8. Some economists have predicted that the tragic events in New York and Washington could possibly do some economic good by stimulating investment and unlocking the Social Security lockbox. 9. The witnesses who did get invited to the hearing made it clear deregulation could do a lot of economic good. 10. Asked if he would resign for the economic good of Cuba, Castro was unequivocal. |