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April 28, 2025
big Mac prices
April 28, 2025
The Right Burger Price

As prices continue to rise, firms like Chili's can use the right burger price to lure diners away from McDonald's.

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April 27, 2025
creative destruction entrepreneurs' stories
April 27, 2025
The Stories That Entrepreneurs Tell

Ice, short term rentals, and online shoes show us how entrepreneurs' stories raise money for seemingly bad business ideas.

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April 26, 2025
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April 26, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Tariffs to Tourists

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from space travel to bacon and egg sandwiches.

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April 25, 2025
Friday's e-links
April 25, 2025
April 2025 Friday’s e-links: Mars Podcast

Continuing with our April e-links, in a world with more and more boring podcasts, this look at a Mars grabbed me.

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April 25, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and breakfast sandwich
April 25, 2025
An Egg, Cheese, and Bacon Update

More than a meal, an egg, bacon and cheese breakfast sandwich explains why prices have gone up in our economy.

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April 24, 2025
eekly Economic News Roundup and check use
April 24, 2025
How Our Check Use Has Changed

Accelerating the recent trend toward less check use, a Presidential executive order mandates eliminating government checks.

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April 23, 2025
U.S. China trade relationship
April 23, 2025
What Do We Trade With China?

Seeing the goods and services, and imports and exports, that compose the U.S. China trade, we can better understand the targets of a trade war.

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April 22, 2025
Pepsi's problems
April 22, 2025
Why Pepsi Has Problems

More than Coca-Cola, new tariffs have added to Pepsi's problems because of its manufacturing facilities in Ireland.

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April 21, 2025
tariff creativity
April 21, 2025
How Tariffs Make Us More Clever

Whether its X-Men or Snuggies, we will always see examples of tariff creativity when producers try to avoid quotas and taxes.

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