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September 3, 2021
Friday's e-links
September 3, 2021
September 2021 Friday’s e-links: The Power of the Market

Our September 2021 e-links begin with insight on the power of the market from Duke Professor Michael Munger and Econtalk host Russ Roberts.

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September 3, 2021
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September 3, 2021
Learn With Elaine: Panama Canal Expansion

Wide enough for huge container ships, the newly expanded Panama Canal will boost global trade and production.

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September 3, 2021
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
September 3, 2021
Why Your Stock Ticker Symbol Matters

Much more than a name for trading stock, clever stock ticker symbols can affect how investors feel about companies.

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September 2, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the Concorde
September 2, 2021
When the Cost of a Plane and a Wait Are Similar

For the same economic reason, the supersonic Concorde should have been grounded sooner and we irrationally endure long phone wait times.

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September 1, 2021
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September 1, 2021
What We Can Learn From a Child and a Marshmallow

Since nursery school children first took the marshmallow test in 1972, researchers have revised the experiment and its meaning.

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August 31, 2021
5-star ratings
August 31, 2021
The Problem With a 5-Star Review

Called "reputation inflation," too many 5-star ratings for a good or a service or a restaurant become increasingly meaningless.

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August 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
August 30, 2021
Where Women Have the Most Economic Opportunity

Looking at women's economic empowerment through a lens that sees eight criteria, we can compare the world's 190 countries.

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August 29, 2021
hot tub supply chain
August 29, 2021
What We Can Learn From a Hot Tub

Affecting goods that range from stoves to couches, the causes of pandemic delivery delays can be shown by a disrupted hot tub supply chain.

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August 28, 2021
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August 28, 2021
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Puffy Doritos to Heat Waves

Connecting economics, current events, and history, our economic news roundup ranges from outer space property to pricing colonoscopies.

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