The things that keep economists up at night

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• What keeps economists up at night?

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  We asked some professors to riff on the theme of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole retreat: “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy.”

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• Just half of CEOs see climate change as a risk to their business

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Even fewer are preparing for it.

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• Water-short cities in the West want to use every drop, even from sewage

  by Alex Hager

  

  Direct potable reuse technology, which lets cities pump treated wastewater back into pipes, is picking up steam from Colorado to California.

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• For this customs broker, the Section 301 China tariffs are still top of mind

  by Sean McHenry

  

  The tariffs placed on over $360 billion of Chinese goods is still a chief concern for Gretchen Blough of Erie, Pennsylvania.

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• Several big retailers disappoint Wall Street as consumers shift spending

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Macy’s reported a drop in sales from last year, and Kohl’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods reported lower profits.

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• To narrow the gender gap in boardrooms, Poker Power asks girls to ante up

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson

  

  “Stereotypically, poker is a boys’ club. It’s booze, it’s betting, it’s a smoky basement. It’s all the places that women don’t feel comfortable. And that’s what we’re trying to shift,” said Erin Lydon, president of Poker Power.

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