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June 18, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Comparing LEGO prices
June 18, 2019
How Legos Discovered It’s Not Easy to be Green

If we want our Legos to match, attach, and detach, we might have to wait awhile for them to develop the appropriate bio-based plastic.

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June 17, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and accurate statistics
June 17, 2019
What a Tax, a Ship, and a Road Can Tell You

Somewhat invisible, time determines whether central bankers and legislators have the accurate statistics that they need for economic policy.

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June 16, 2019
congestion pricing
June 16, 2019
Why Mapping Apps Create the Prisoner’s Dilemma

The success of a decision to use Waze, Google Maps, and other mapping apps to avoid traffic can depend on outsmarting the prisoner's dilemma.

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June 15, 2019
economic news roundup
June 15, 2019
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Selling Records to Paying Athletes

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from equal pay for female soccer players to album bundles.

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June 14, 2019
mobile talent
June 14, 2019
The One Investment That Is (Probably) a Sure Thing

Calculating the value of college involves what we spend, what we sacrifice, what we earn, and some other surprising considerations.

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June 13, 2019
Google antitrust
June 13, 2019
Throwback Thursday: When Google Was Just Google

#TBT: Looking back at Google's growth spurts, we begin with a small company in 1999 but then see 270 acquisitions and industry concentration.

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June 12, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and women's World Cup soccer
June 12, 2019
What Female Soccer Players Hope to Win in Court

In the court battle over the gender pay gap in women's World Cup soccer, the U.S. national team is citing issues that relate to much more than a sport.

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June 11, 2019
Taylor Swift and traffic fatalities
June 11, 2019
How Taylor Swift Uses Temptation Bundling

Because album bundles increase our demand for a star's recordings, they help to propel a song or album to the #1 Billboard spot.

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June 10, 2019
weekly economic news roundup and lobster fishing dispute
June 10, 2019
Why Maine Says It’s Forgotten

Somewhat invisible, China's tariff impact on Maine lobsters can be seen through a supply chain that even includes massive amounts of rubber bands.

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