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June 21, 2015
Weekly Roundup and antibiotic innovation and sales
June 21, 2015
A New Way to Calculate Drug Prices

Rather than the market system, several doctor suggest that cancer drugs can be priced using variables based on value that include toxicity and efficacy.

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June 20, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
June 20, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From More Money to Fewer Restrooms

Our everyday economics includes scarcity, tradeoffs, cost, sustainability, hyperinflation, gender issues, externalities, African development, human capital.

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June 19, 2015
Weekjly Economic News Roundup and lighting history
June 19, 2015
Electrification Insight From a Stunning NASA Map

African development continues to be constrained by problems with electricity generation and access to electricity that affect productivity and mobility.

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June 18, 2015
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June 18, 2015
The Significance of Potty Parity

Called potty parity, equal access to public restrooms for women and men is a gender issue that creates negative externalities for women at work and leisure.

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June 17, 2015
economic growth and green shoots
June 17, 2015
A New Kind of Map Where Norway is Next to Peru

To grasp the huge size of the U.S. GDP we can identify countries that have similar nominal output to individual states like California and Brazil.

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June 16, 2015
Zimbabwe's inflation
June 16, 2015
Where to Spend 100 Trillion (Zimbabwe) Dollars

Coping with hyperinflation, Zimbabwe finally had to replace their currency with the US. dollar. A low inflation rate should be their monetary policy goal.

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June 15, 2015
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June 15, 2015
Less Choice Fatigue at Whole Foods

With Whole Foods ranking produce as unrated, good, better, best, they are simplifying shoppers' decision making and minimizing choice fatigue.

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June 14, 2015
Everyday economics and cost of crime
June 14, 2015
The Cost of the Squeegee Men

Through a cost and benefit approach to crime control, the limited money available for municipal spending can be spent most efficiently.

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June 13, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
June 13, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Greek Games to Tennis Matches

Our everyday economics includes externalities, branding, monopolistic competition, sovereign debt, game theory, elasticity, taxes, markets and the glass ceiling.

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