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August 7, 2017
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August 7, 2017
Why UPS and FedEx Have the Prisoners’ Dilemma

Planning their surcharge policy for the holiday shipping surge, UPS and FedEx each was influenced by the Prisoners' Dilemma.

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August 6, 2017
highly skilled women and low-skilled immigrants
August 6, 2017
How Low-Skilled Immigrants Support Highly Skilled Women

In additional to debating the impact of immigration on less educated men, we should look at how highly skilled women are affected.

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August 5, 2017
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August 5, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From More Chickens to Fewer Eggs

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August 4, 2017
chicken export nationalism
August 4, 2017
The Development Debate About Chickens

When Bill Gates expressed his foundation's support for giving chickens to people in extreme poverty, he ignited a debate about development programs.

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August 3, 2017
economic news roundup and U.S. trading partners
August 3, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering When We Were More Productive

On this #TBT, we can look back at the golden age of productivity growth to see when and how our standard of living improved.

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August 2, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and consumer spending
August 2, 2017
Marijuana and Your Grade Average

According to a Dutch study, we can observe the impact of marijuana on academic performance in quantitative courses at Maastricht University.

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August 1, 2017
egg prices
August 1, 2017
How Egg Markets Are Scrambled

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July 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
July 31, 2017
Connecting Medicaid Expansion to the Divorce Rate

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and subsequent Supreme Court decision had a surprising impact the divorce rate.

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July 30, 2017
supermarket pricing power
July 30, 2017
How Transparency Transformed Food Shopping

When the development of cellophane let us have self-service shopping for meat and produce, it started a retailing revolution.

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