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November 17, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and beef croquette allocation
November 17, 2022
How Beef Croquettes Are Like National Parks

Whether asking about the allocation of beef croquettes or national park reservations, the answers take us to the three economic systems.

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November 16, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and financial history deja vu
November 16, 2022
How Financial History Can Repeat Itself

Looking at 1907 and the current turmoil in cryptocurrency markets, we could be seeing a repeat of financial history.

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November 15, 2022
carbon taxes
November 15, 2022
Why a Carbon Tax Proposal is Like Goldilocks

When we look at the world's carbon taxes, as economists we can think of Arthur Pigou and correcting market failure.

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November 14, 2022
adopting bitcoin
November 14, 2022
Where Bitcoin Has Another Problem

Adopting bitcoin during September 2021, El Salvador's political leadership did not know all that could go wrong...and it did.

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November 13, 2022
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
November 13, 2022
What is Bitcoin?

With the bankruptcy filing of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, the need for regulation (and the Howey Test) is ever more apparent.

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November 12, 2022
economic news roundup
November 12, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Clean Bathrooms to Clean Air

Connecting economics, current events, andhistory, this week's economic news roundup ranges from short coen to baby names and lottery losers.

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November 11, 2022
Friday's e-links
November 11, 2022
November 2022 Friday’s e-links: Some Jack Welch Insight

Continuing with our November e-links, this week I recommend a New Yorker Magazine look at Jack Welch that tells us what we never knew.

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November 11, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and farm productivity
November 11, 2022
Why Long Potatoes and Short Corn Can Be A Problem

More than crop innovation, the story of short corn takes us to climate change, to farm productivity, and maybe even to long potatoes.

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November 10, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Public Restrooms
November 10, 2022
Why We Don’t Build Enough Public Bathrooms

Looking at New York City beyond, we can use a slew of economic ideas to explain the insufficient supply of public bathrooms.

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