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March 9, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
March 9, 2022
The Mystery of the Shrinking Pretzel Packages

We have a mystery when we see that corporations are shrinking packages while their CEOs' inflation expectations are uninformed.

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March 8, 2022
household responsibilitiesand household production
March 8, 2022
Looking at the Invisible Work That Women Do

Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.

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March 7, 2022
Russia's debt downgrade
March 7, 2022
The ABCs of Russia’s Debt Downgrade

Reflecting a standardized system, the letters from the major ratings agencies that signaled Russia's debt downgrade indicated a speedy plunge.

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March 6, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and 99 cents prices
March 6, 2022
The Surprising Side of Internet Prices

The trajectory of internet prices in markets that had never before existed is not entirely what we might have expected.

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March 5, 2022
economic news roundup
March 5, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Moving Money to Plastic Pollution

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from elephants to gas prices and IKEA.

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March 4, 2022
Friday's e-links
March 4, 2022
March 2022 Friday’s e-links: Thinking About Elephants

We begin our March e-links with recommending two related articles that focus on animal treatment and where economic distribution stops.

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March 4, 2022
economic news roundup and animal rights Happy elephant
March 4, 2022
Why An Elephant Should Be a Person

Extending animal rights, the New York State court system can decide that Happy the elephant is a nonhuman person.

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March 3, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gasoline prices
March 3, 2022
Why Gasoline Prices Rise Faster Than They Fall

Seeing that barrels of crude oil are increasing expensive, we can ask if and how quickly our gasoline prices will respond.

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March 2, 2022
changing job markets and bank robbers
March 2, 2022
How SWIFT Makes Money Move

With SWIFT instantly becoming famous, we've taken a look at a heist and its history to demonstrate what it does.

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