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June 14, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and blueberry economics
June 14, 2017
Getting Order From Wild Blueberries

Although no one tells Maine's wild blueberry growers how much to plant, blueberry markets signal when to cut back and when to plant more.

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June 13, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roudup and Hamilton ticket demand and elasticity
June 13, 2017
An Elasticity Story: Stretching to Buy Hamilton Tickets

To understand the high prices supported by Hamilton ticket demand, we can look at the elasticity from four groups of theater goers.

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June 12, 2017
Weekly economic news and retail structural unemployment
June 12, 2017
A Tale of a New Shopper and an Old Brand

The retail unemployment caused by the decline of J. Crew and other beloved mall stores relates to a structural change in their industry.

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June 11, 2017
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June 11, 2017
The Difference Between a Sunny and Stormy Business Climate

The World Bank's Doing Business Index ranks 190 economies to show where the business climate is sunny or stormy because of regulatory policy.

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June 10, 2017
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June 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Ice Cream Scoops to Traffic Jams

Linking economics, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes a good banking law, Japan's population problems, and sleep insight.

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June 9, 2017
national park overcrowding
June 9, 2017
Solving a National Parks Problem

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June 8, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and quantitative easing
June 8, 2017
Throwback Thursday: The Best Banking Regulation

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June 7, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and traffic apps
June 7, 2017
Why It’s Tough to Solve Traffic Congestion

While the traffic congestion problem in NYC, LA and D.C. wastes huge time and money, they do not appear to want to solve it.

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June 6, 2017
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June 6, 2017
The Exciting Side of Vanilla Economics

If your ice cream cone costs more this summer, just think of supply and demand and Madagascar's soaring vanilla bean prices.

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