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May 31, 2021
Economic News Roundup and Dow Industrial Average
May 31, 2021
How Stock Markets Have Changed

Celebrating its 125th birthday, we can use the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see how the U.S. economy has changed

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May 28, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and interstate migration
May 28, 2021
Where and Why We Move

Where and why we move takes us to our migration patterns, to our transportation infrastructure, and to truck driver shortages.

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May 24, 2021
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May 24, 2021
When a Tap Told the Time

Undergoing structural change, the 19th century British economy had the problem of factory workers that could not afford alarm clocks.

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May 17, 2021
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May 17, 2021
When Your Gas Tank Is Like Your Bank Account

It is possible that bank runs during the early 1930s can explain the gasoline shortages created by the Colonial Pipeline hacking.

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April 4, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and transportation infrastructure
April 4, 2021
Concrete Decisions for the U.S. Transportation Infrastructure

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March 31, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and choosing car colors
March 31, 2021
Why Car Colors Matter

Choosing car colors is about more than an appearance when we look more closely at resale value, temperature, and theft.

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March 26, 2021
Trump China tariffs
March 26, 2021
How One Stuck Ship Can Upset a Whole Supply Chain

Just one boat and one waterway, still, the Suez Canal blockage from a wedged in container ship affected the global supply chain.

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March 21, 2021
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March 21, 2021
Why The Gas Tax Could Disappear

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March 14, 2021
eliminating daylight saving time
March 14, 2021
Why the World Needs One Time

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February 24, 2021
economic news roundup and emerging markets
February 24, 2021
How a Fake Country Fooled the Big Banks

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February 22, 2021
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February 22, 2021
How Free Stock Trades Can Be Expensive

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February 2, 2021
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February 2, 2021
Why the Intellect of a Monarch Matters

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