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June 3, 2015
Everyday economics and ownership in a market system
June 3, 2015
How Congress Would Anger Alexander Hamilton

Whenever people try to limit the rights of owners, as with Alexander Hamilton and bondholders or now with the ART Act, there are market system tradeoffs.

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June 2, 2015
Everyday economics for hyperinflation
June 2, 2015
What We Can Learn from Venezuelan Inflation

Shortages, long lines, and panic buying are several ways that hyperinflation is creating chaos for local and foreign firms and consumers in Venezuela.

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June 1, 2015
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June 1, 2015
India’s Height Mystery

Long assumed to have a direct relationship, the connection between height and GDP becomes more complex when we compare India and Africa.

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May 31, 2015
Everyday economics for too many decisions
May 31, 2015
How McDonald’s Creates Choice Fatigue

Default or shortcut options become more attractive when decision making takes too much energy because of choice fatigue.

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May 30, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
May 30, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Apple’s Chimes to Boston’s Olympics

Our everyday economics includes innovation, incentives, environment, regulation, gender,monopolistic competition, oligopoly ,intellectual property and cost,

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May 29, 2015
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May 29, 2015
The Cost of Hosting the Olympics

As with most mega-projects, 2024 Olympic spending is likely to exceed projected costs and provide fleeting glory for any city that hopes to be a host.

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May 28, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and music catalog monetization
May 28, 2015
The Sounds That Can Sell a Product

For monopolistic competition and oligopoly, firms can achieve product differentiation through sounds that are associated with one good or service.

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May 27, 2015
Everyday economics and cartoon messages
May 27, 2015
How Feminists Should Feel About New Yorker Cartoons

Stereotypical depictions of women in cartoons reinforces an expectations bias that men are authority figures while women are parents.

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May 26, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and peanut butter
May 26, 2015
When Real Peanut Butter Is Not What or Where You Expect

Required by commerce in a market system, standard weights and measures not only take us to the kilogram or second but also even peanut butter.

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