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December 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
December 5, 2023
Why Marijuana Growers Need Bigger Markets

Whether looking at m arijuana growers or Arican truckers, we would see that bigger markets create hassle-free trade.

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December 4, 2023
Arthur Ashe Stadium
December 4, 2023
Why Sports Stadiums Create Dilemmas

Like all sports projects, renovating Arthur Ashe Stadium requires choosing between most fans and the minority that brings the most revenue.

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December 3, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and fast food value meal
December 3, 2023
How McDonald’s Built a Better Burger

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December 2, 2023
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December 2, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Cranberries to Mackerel

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from investing advice to prison currency.

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December 1, 2023
Friday's e-links
December 1, 2023
December 2023 Friday’s e-links: Artificial Intelligence Insight

In the first of our December e-links, focusing on A.I., I recommend a New Yorker Magazine article and podcast.

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December 1, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup andcost of climate policy
December 1, 2023
How Cost Can Change Climate Policy

With COP28 having begun, we can ask if the delegates are comparing marginal decisions about the cost of climate policy to its benefits.

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November 30, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
November 30, 2023
What We Can Learn From Charlie Munger

As much of a lkegendary investor as Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger can teach us a lot about markets.

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November 29, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and prison currency
November 29, 2023
Where Mackerel Is Money

Having no access to cash, inmates use prison currency ithat could be cigarettes, or ramen, or even fish to buy things from each other.

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November 28, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
November 28, 2023
When Prices Should Please Us

While the trajectory of consumer price changes should make us happy, instead we've responded with concern.

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