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October 13, 2024
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October 13, 2024
How a Tennis Player and a Longshoreman Are Similar

Seemingly very different, because tennis and port automation both involve people being replaced by machines, the tradeoffs are similar.

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October 12, 2024
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October 12, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Chicken Tenders to College Football

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from hurricane costs to college football.

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October 11, 2024
Friday's e-links
October 11, 2024
October 2024 Friday’s e-links: a Jupiter flyby

Continuing with our October e-links, today I suggest subscribing to a weekly NASA newsletter that recently looked at the stranded astronauts.

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October 11, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and chicken sandwich war McDonald's
October 11, 2024
How McDonald’s Is Fighting the Chicken Sandwich War

With a limited edition Chicken Big Mac, McDonald's will use new ammunition to fight the chicken sandwich war.

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October 10, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Northwestern's full stadium
October 10, 2024
The Mystery of a Losing Team’s Full Stadium

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October 9, 2024
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
October 9, 2024
Disaster Economics

Looking at disaster economics, we can calculate the cost through a timeline that takes us to before, during, and after.

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October 8, 2024
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
October 8, 2024
When a Mortgage Is Like a Hurricane

The United States can move money from regions with money to those that need it for needs that include mortgages and hurricanes.

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October 7, 2024
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October 7, 2024
Why Economists Love Chicken Tenders

Looking at chicken tender history, economists smile because they see perfect examples of demand, quantity demanded, and changes in demand.

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October 6, 2024
NJ full service stations
October 6, 2024
Should More States Have Full Service Gasoline Stations?

Knowing that New Jersey is the only U.S. state that requires full service stations, we can use gasoline prices to evaluation the mandate.

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