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August 7, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
August 7, 2018
Why We Have Fewer Female CEOs

With Indra Nooyi leaving PepsiCo, we have even fewer female CEOs of major corporations who can change expectations about male leadership.

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August 6, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
August 6, 2018
What Grey Poupon Says About Your Affluence

You can assume that individuals are affluent if their consumer spending includes iPads, Verizon Wireless, and Ziploc bags.

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August 3, 2018
Apple's finances
August 3, 2018
U.S. Steel and Apple: From One Billion to One Trillion

Rather like Apple just became the first trillion dollar corporation, in 1901 U.S. Steel took us past the billion dollar threshold.

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July 31, 2018
prescription spending
July 31, 2018
The Health-Care Job Spurt

With health care becoming a job engine, we could have more physicians, nurses, and assistants twith job-related names like Payne, Butcher, and Burns.

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July 30, 2018
household responsibilitiesand household production
July 30, 2018
The Value of Work Done at Home

Whether looking at childcare, boiling water, or changing a light bulb, the activities that compose household production are tough to value.

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July 22, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free parking and parking meters
July 22, 2018
The Huge Impact of a Rather Irritating Invention

While the cost of free parking in New York City is rather huge, it can be offset by what was a seemingly insignificant and irritating innovation.

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July 20, 2018
small inventions
July 20, 2018
What to Expect from an Older Entrepreneur

hy Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Are Older Than We Expect

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July 18, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and speedy internet
July 18, 2018
Why We Need Speedy Connections

Looking back at the impact of the telegraph on cotton markets, you can see why a speedy internet affects supply and demand.

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July 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mobile money
July 11, 2018
The Travels of Mobile Money

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July 4, 2018
economic indepencer and Alexander Hamilton's development plan
July 4, 2018
Celebrating Alexander Hamilton’s Economic Independence

Relevant today, the timeless ideas in Alexander Hamilton's development plan are about sovereign debt, banking, and economic growth.

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July 3, 2018
Weekly Economy News Roundup and basketball winners and losers
July 3, 2018
Why Superstar Salaries Are So High

Seeing that LeBron James has a four-year $154 million deal, we can ask what makes superstar salaries for athletes so high.

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July 2, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and potato shortage
July 2, 2018
Solving McDonald’s Soggy French Fries Problem

McDonald's current delivery problem with soggy French fries is somewhat similar to what it had to solve more than forty years ago.

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