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December 8, 2019
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December 8, 2019
Why It’s Tough to Make Stock Market Predictions

The long term increase of the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials misleadingly entices investors to believe that it's easy to make stock market predictions.

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December 7, 2019
economic news roundup
December 7, 2019
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From New Apples to Old Movie Theaters

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from tariff insight and apple innovation to new movie rules.

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December 6, 2019
Friday's e-links
December 6, 2019
December 2019 Friday’s e-links: Doggy Interviews

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December 6, 2019
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December 6, 2019
How the Economy Affects Our Vote

The impact of the economy on our voting patterns is about much more than inflation, unemployment, and how much the GDP has grown.

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December 5, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Prisoners' Dilemma
December 5, 2019
Why the U.S. China Trade War Is like An OPEC Meeting

The one similarity shared by the U.S. China Trade War, OPEC negotiations, and two burglars separated in jail is the Prisoners' Dilemma.

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December 4, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and potato shortage
December 4, 2019
The Big French Fry Crunch

Because of bad weather in parts of Canada and the major U.S. growing states, we could have a potato shortage that creates a French fry crunch.

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December 3, 2019
Migrating Fish Fights
December 3, 2019
The Fights That Migrating Fish Fuel

When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.

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December 2, 2019
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December 2, 2019
How to Develop a New Apple

Like iPhones and iPads, Cosmic Crisp apples were developed and tested and patented by scientists during many years of research.

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December 1, 2019
movie theater economics
December 1, 2019
Why Our Movie Theaters Will Change

When the Justice Department terminates a rule from approximately 70 years ago, movie industry economics could change what we see at local theaters.

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