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May 8, 2020
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May 8, 2020
Who Will Do the Spending?

When we look at where consumer spending has declined and where we expect to spend in the future, we can ask where recovery spending will come from.

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May 7, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chinese pigs
May 7, 2020
Where the Pork Supply Chain Is Broken

When we lose close to 40 percent of our pork processing capacity, the pork supply chain breaks in a direction that you might not expect.

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May 5, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and USPS
May 5, 2020
What Switzerland is Best At

When the Universal Postal Union used four Rs to rank postal services in 172 countries, the United States was in ninth place.

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May 3, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Kentucky Derby impact
May 3, 2020
The Sad Story of the Two Tons of Mint That Nobody Wanted

When people are not going to drink128,000 Mint Juleps because the Kentucky Derby is postponed, the local mint grower has a problem.

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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Beer to Facebook

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the pandemic impact on beer and ads to our marriage rate.

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May 1, 2020
Friday's e-links
May 1, 2020
May 2020 Friday’s e-links: Business Wars

Our May 2020 e-links begin with a podcast series on "Business Wars" between companies that include Starbucks and Dunkin', and Amazon and Walmart.

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April 30, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pandemic advertising
April 30, 2020
When Finger Lickin’ Became a Problem

With new social norms and health requisites, companies like Domino's and Apple are producing pandemic advertising that conveys a different message.

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April 29, 2020
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April 29, 2020
What We Would Pay for Facebook

A group of economists estimated the value of digital services like Facebook to illustrate a new way to think about the GDP.

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April 28, 2020
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April 28, 2020
How Maps Tell Us More Than Directions

Because of what they include and omit, the maps that we use for directions tell us a lot more than how to get where we are going.

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