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September 21, 2017
inflation facts
September 21, 2017
What Your Phone Says About How You Spend Your Money

Knowing that statisticians suggest iPhone users tend to be more affluent than Android owners, we can hypothesize how their spending differs.

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September 20, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Apple in China
September 20, 2017
Why We Buy Our iPhones

With its newest and priciest product launch, Apple has made iPhone conspicuous consumption the reason to buy their phone.

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September 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Warren Buffett bet
September 19, 2017
The Results of Warren Buffett’s Million Dollar Bet

With a Vanguard S&P Index fund competing against a group of hedge funds, a decade-long Warren Buffett bet for $1 million has just ended.

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September 18, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and emoji standardization
September 18, 2017
Why It Helps to Have (Emoji) Standardization

We know that transactions are easier when weights and measures and times are standardized but do we need emoji standardization?

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September 17, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and India's guar bubble
September 17, 2017
Fracking and India’s Guar Bean Bubble

Used in ice cream, India's guar gum is also so necessary for fracking that the rise of oil prices created a guar bean bubble.

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September 16, 2017
economic news roundup
September 16, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Job Losers to Lottery Winners

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes aspirational foods, Kenya's plastic bags and lottery winners.

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September 15, 2017
weekly roundup and plastic bag fees
September 15, 2017
Debating Kenya’s Plastic Bag Ban

To hear a single-use plastic bag regulation debate, you could go to Kenya or NYC while Rwandans might be discussing their plastic bag black market.

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September 14, 2017
Zimbabwe currency
September 14, 2017
The Money That People Won’t Spend

Swinging from hyperinflation to deflation, the value of Zimbabwe currency has created uncertainty for more than a decade.

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September 13, 2017
prescription spending
September 13, 2017
The Opioid Epidemic and the Labor Force

By looking at counties with more opioid prescriptions, we can understand one reason that labor force participation rates are declining.

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