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April 17, 2024
economic news roundup and Japan's cash
April 17, 2024
Where Money Grows On Trees

Made from a Himalayan shrub, Japanese cash remains popular, even when other countries are becoming increasingly cashless.

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April 16, 2024
price and grade inflation
April 16, 2024
How Nigeria and Yale Have Similar Inflation

Similar phenomena, grade inflation and price inflation are controversial problems that are tough to eliminate.

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April 15, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
April 15, 2024
Where Marijuana Fails the Smell Test

With recreational marijuana legal in more than half of the U.S., one unexpected complaint has begun to multiply.

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April 14, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free football
April 14, 2024
When Free Football Has a Cost

Experimenting with free football by not charging for tickets, a French and a German team changed the cost of a game.

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April 13, 2024
economic news roundup
April 13, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup From Mickey Mouse to March Madness

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from human rights and solar panels to rum taxes.

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April 12, 2024
Friday's e-links
April 12, 2024
April 2024 Friday e-links: Seeing More Mickey Mouse

Continuing with our April e-links, we took a closer look at the public domain and learned more about what we all "own."

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April 12, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and public domain art
April 12, 2024
When Is da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” like Mickey Mouse?

Having become public domain art because of their age, Leonardo da Vinci's "Vetruvian Man" and Walt Disney's first Mickey Mouse are similar.

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April 11, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and solar power
April 11, 2024
How Sheep Help Solar Power

Looking closely at the sources of electricity production, we would see that solar power has some (sheepish) surprises.

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April 10, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and climate rights
April 10, 2024
When Climate Rights Became Human Rights

Because of a court decision for more than 2,000 female litigants over the age of 64, environmental rights became human rights in Switzerland.

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