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August 27, 2026
economic news roundup and pricing strategy
August 27, 2026
When To Buy a Movie and Not Rent One

Through the use of anchors that influence what consumers buy, retailers' pricing strategy can be more effective.

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August 21, 2026
safer streets
August 21, 2026
The Town Without Traffic Lights

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August 20, 2026
Coffee Shop Neurology
August 20, 2026
Back to Starbucks, Back to Our Brains

One reason for CEO Brian Niccol's "Back to Starbucks" success has been its optimization of customer neurology.

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July 20, 2026
counterclockwise bias
July 20, 2026
When We Drift to the Left

Seemingly spontaneous or shaped by the crowd, instead researchers have identified an individual counter clockside bias.

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July 15, 2026
economic news roundup and multi-million dollar dinosaur fossils
July 15, 2026
How T. Rex Became a Multi-Million Dollar Dinosaur

Because ultra rich individuals became interested in fossils, dinosaur prices soared to stratospheric levels.

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July 13, 2026
bronze winning Croatia
July 13, 2026
Why Second Placers Are the Saddest Losers

While we might expect that the three best World Cup winning teams would be happy, we would not be correct about one of them.

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June 12, 2026
Weekly Economy News Roundup and basketball winners and losers
June 12, 2026
How Happy Were the Knicks’ Fans?

For the fans watching the NBA finals and World Cup competition, economists have asked if losers' sadness equals winners' happiness.

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June 11, 2026
Weekly Economy News Roundup and U.S. migration
June 11, 2026
Which States Are Most Popular?

Looking at interstate migration through three lenses, we see three different images that have a common denominator.

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May 28, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
May 28, 2026
The Significance of Your Baby’s Name

Shown by the most popular baby names in 2025, new parents use a name to trumpet a message about their offspring.

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May 27, 2026
speedier deliveries
May 27, 2026
How Delivery Times Have Changed

By creating new reference points, online retailers changed the definition of a speedy delivery during the past 25 years.

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May 24, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
May 24, 2026
When the Federal Reserve Needs To Be a Therapist

Sometimes, […]

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April 22, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Endless Shrimp
April 22, 2026
Where Endless Shrimp Stops

With the return of Endless Shrimp, Red Lobster's CEO should refer to his Economics 101 textbook to learn about a crucially relevant concept.

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