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March 25, 2017
economic news roundup
March 25, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Commas to Colors

Connecting economic ideas, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes color branding, Social Security funding and costly kids.

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March 24, 2017
China's child policy and milk consumption
March 24, 2017
The Cost of a Comma

A missing Oxford comma became rather expensive when an appellate court used it to interpret Maine's overtime labor law in favor of a dairy's drivers.

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March 23, 2017
weekly economic roundup and pension income systems
March 23, 2017
Why Social Security Needs Immigrants

Because unauthorized immigrants pay billions of dollars in payroll taxes, they are one solution to the Social Security solvency problem.

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March 22, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and gasoline prices
March 22, 2017
What State Gasoline Taxes and a LUST Fund Have in Common

A LUST Trust Fund and higher state gasoline taxes may come in handy if massive federal infrastructure spending becomes more doubtful.

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March 21, 2017
standardizing color
March 21, 2017
How Color Helps Firms Compete

When the tiny box is robin egg blue or the delivery truck is brown, those color trademarks convey an identity that makes color more meaningful.

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March 20, 2017
raising a child
March 20, 2017
The Cost of Raising a Child

Including how much we spend on the tooth fairy, the cost of raising a child can simply be one total or it can involve different specific expenditures.

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March 19, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and March Madness
March 19, 2017
March Madness Money Facts

Involving multiple markets and hundreds of millions of dollars, March Madness money facts relate to the NCAA, coaches, teams and the extra beer we buy.

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March 18, 2017
economic news roundup
March 18, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Saving Daylight to Losing Laissez-Faire

Connecting economic ideas, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes gender bias from Google, laissez-faire and farm labor.

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March 17, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup The Tragedy of the commons and overfishing
March 17, 2017
The Codfather and the Tragedy of the Commons

Although The Codfather violated New England's catch share system, the overfishing that results from the tragedy of the commons has been minimized.

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