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February 19, 2023
Rana Plaza collapse
February 19, 2023
How Fast Fashion Responded to the Rana Plaza Collapse

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February 18, 2023
economic news roundup
February 18, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Candy Hearts to Chocolate Kisses

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from later retirement to underwear tariffs.

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February 17, 2023
Friday's e-links
February 17, 2023
February 2023 Friday’s e-links: The Best Graphics

Continuing with our February e-links, we recommend revisiting a wonderful website with open source graphics that inspire and inform.

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February 17, 2023
biased tariffs
February 17, 2023
How Underwear Tariffs Are Biased

Rarely neutral, biased taxes are examples of public policies that disadvantage specific groups like women and low income households.

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February 16, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and winning the lottery
February 16, 2023
Why We Want To Win the Lottery

When researchers looked at the impact of winning the lottery, they reported some surprisimng rsults about our how our well-being changed.

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February 15, 2023
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
February 15, 2023
How (NOT) To Reduce a Federal Budget

Faced with pension reform proposals, workers in France responded with protests that U.S. lawmakers surely want to avoid.

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February 14, 2023
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February 14, 2023
How Valentine’s Became a Chocolate and Card Day

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February 13, 2023
Economic Valentines
February 13, 2023
What an Economist Might Say on Valentine’s Day

As poems, or graphs, or cartoons, economic Valentines are one of many reasons why economics need not be the dismal science.

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February 12, 2023
Valentine's Day Candy Hearts
February 12, 2023
Why We Want the Valentine’s Candy We Never Liked

Although they last for five years and (sometimes) taste like plaster, conversation hearts are the best selling Valentine's Day Candy.

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