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February 6, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
February 6, 2024
Connecting the Cost of Living to the Minimum Wage

While the minimum wage economic debate tends to look at floors and job loss, instead it also needs a cost-of-living focus.

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February 5, 2024
food as a status symbol
February 5, 2024
Inequality: From the Pineapple to Redistribution

While it can be interesting to see the massive incomes of the richest billionaires, global inequality is much more complicated.

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February 4, 2024
resolutions
February 4, 2024
How To Keep a Resolution

When we look back to New Year's and keeping our resolutions, we can use the commitment devices that come in handy at all times.

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February 3, 2024
economic news roundup
February 3, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Cashlessness to Lost Luggage

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the Barbie movie to the Super Bowl.

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February 2, 2024
Friday's e-links
February 2, 2024
February 2024 Friday’s e-links: The Perfect Way to Learn About China

We've begun our February e-links with a podcast series from The Economist that focuses on China's past but really is about now.

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February 2, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sweden's cashless economy
February 2, 2024
Where We Need No Cash

Looking for a cashless economy, our first destination would be Sweden to see the upside and its unintended consequences.

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February 1, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Super Bowl ads
February 1, 2024
How To Spend $7 Million

Slowing an upward march, the price of Super Bowl ads remained high as did their demand and probable return on a massive investment.

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January 31, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and ad-free streaming
January 31, 2024
Why There’s No Such Thing As a Free Ad

Considering the cost of ad-free streaming video, we are nudged in opposite directions by incentives that relate to behavioral economics.

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January 30, 2024
cookie wars
January 30, 2024
How Hydrox Lost the Cookie Wars

Looking at how firms compete, the results of the Oreo Hydrox cookie wars are the perfect example of strategies that depend on the market.

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