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January 16, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pizza purchases
January 16, 2025
Why a British Pizzeria Charges £100 For Its Hawaiian Pie

Responding to a higher price for a Veblen good, some people astound us when they want to buy more of the item.

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January 15, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Canada's comparative advantage
January 15, 2025
Why Canada Chose a Road Instead of a Reserve

Whether looking at its indigenous people or its comparative advantage, Canada's economy reflects a slew of tradeoffs.

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January 14, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and China's birthrate
January 14, 2025
Why South Korea Became a Matchmaker

How South Korea's unusually low fertility rate relates to an unexpected characteristic of its economic growth.

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January 13, 2025
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January 13, 2025
How Disasters Move Money

Disaster spending can take us back to 1930s mortgages and how different U.S. regions have always helped each other.

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January 12, 2025
almond tariffs
January 12, 2025
What a Tariff Costs the Government

Misleadingly simple, almond tariffs' impacts become complicated when we see the ripple of responses and retaliations that they initiate.

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January 11, 2025
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January 11, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Tesla to McDonald’s

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from money to American made and Netflix.

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January 10, 2025
Friday's e-links
January 10, 2025
January 2025 Friday’s e-links: Learning About the Future From NVIDIA

Continuing our January e-links, this week, for what we need to know about AI, we recommend the CES keynote speech from Nvidia's CEO.

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January 10, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Tesla
January 10, 2025
How Tesla’s Carbon Credits Boost Its Bottom Line

Shown by Tesla, sometimes you do not need to sell more cars and trucks to elevate your bottom line with more revenue.

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January 9, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
January 9, 2025
What We’ve Learned About Money and Happiness

The recent death of Richard Easterlin takes us back to his benchmark 1974 study of money and happiness and the avalanche of responses.

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