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December 2, 2022
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
December 2, 2022
Where Did Bitcoin Come From?

With crypto markets in disarray, perhaps some Bitcoin history and vgocabulary can help us understand what is happening.

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November 22, 2022
stock market activity and World Cup
November 22, 2022
How Stock Market Activity Relates to the World Cup

Researchers have identified how much and why there is a correlation between FIFA World Cup matches and stock market activity.

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November 16, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and financial history deja vu
November 16, 2022
How Financial History Can Repeat Itself

Looking at 1907 and the current turmoil in cryptocurrency markets, we could be seeing a repeat of financial history.

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November 13, 2022
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
November 13, 2022
What is Bitcoin?

With the bankruptcy filing of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, the need for regulation (and the Howey Test) is ever more apparent.

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October 26, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and recorded music formats vinyl
October 26, 2022
Vinyl Records, Creative Destruction, and the GDP

About much more than music, the past history of vinyl records is about creative destruction while the present relates to a GDP headache.

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October 24, 2022
Mississippi River slowdown
October 24, 2022
The Slowdown on the Mississippi

A Mississippi River slowdown has created massive supply chain disruptions that have rippled far beyond the river.

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September 28, 2022
economic news roundup and billion dollar natural disasters
September 28, 2022
What Natural Disasters Cost Us

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September 27, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
September 27, 2022
Why We Want Age Inflation (or Maybe Deflation)

New UN life expectancy projections might not really display what living longer will mean for the most developed nations.

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September 26, 2022
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September 26, 2022
Why LEGO and Yeti Are Similar

Even from the best ideas, like what container ships did for our transportation infrastructure, we can have unintended consequences.

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September 8, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Europe's drought
September 8, 2022
How More Salt Relates to Less Electricity

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August 22, 2022
happiness and global income
August 22, 2022
Economic Inequality…or Equality?

Comparing global wealth, we arrive at different conclusions about the size of the gap because we use different metrics.

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August 9, 2022
richest billionaires
August 9, 2022
What We Can Learn From the Richest Billionaires

When we look at an animated history of the Forbes list of the richest billionaires, we also see some economic history.

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