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May 27, 2022
economic news roundup and shoppers' choices
May 27, 2022
When Shoppers Have Too Many Choices

When supermarkets multiplied the number of shoppers' choices, they wound up with a product explosion and a paradox.

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May 26, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and overfishing
May 26, 2022
How to Reduce Overfishing and Increase Food Security

Threatened by overfishing, the world's fish stocks could be saved by a WTO agreement that limits subsidies and by fake fish.

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May 25, 2022
economic news roundup and assortative dating
May 25, 2022
The Marriage Name Problem

A default choice by many women, keeping a maiden name tends to retain patriarchal power and expand the gender power gap.

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May 24, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Federal Reserve policies
May 24, 2022
Solving Some Inflation Mysteries

The 2021 Federal Reserve Board SHED report lets us see the inflation clues we can gather from the increase in household financial well-being.

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May 23, 2022
cost of raising a child
May 23, 2022
The Cost of Raising a Child

While the most recent USDA totals are outdated, the tooth fairy and teenage baby sitters can tell us the up-to-date cost of raising a child.

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May 22, 2022
Grubhub's free lunch
May 22, 2022
What Grubhub’s “Free Lunch” Cost Us

Grubhub's free lunch offer wound up being rather costly for consumers and restaurants because they did not know TANSTAAFL.

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May 21, 2022
economic news roundup
May 21, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Soccer Pay to “the Pill”

Connecting economics, current events, and history, our economic news roundup ranges from Big Macs and globalization to India's heatwave.

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May 20, 2022
Friday's e-links
May 20, 2022
May 2022 Friday’s e-links: When a Crypto Peg Did Not Work

For our May e-links, through this third entry, I recommend a podcast that explains all we will enjoy knowing about stablecoins.

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May 20, 2022
big Mac prices
May 20, 2022
What the Big Mac Says About Inflation

Big Mac economics tell a food inflation story when we look at beef, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame seed bun.

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