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April 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Indigenous payback
April 5, 2023
Where Indigenous People Got Paid Back

In South Africa, recently, there was an indigenous repayment for the herbal tea that farmers now benefit commercially.

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April 4, 2023
economic news roundup and the Dow and the S&P
April 4, 2023
How To Understand Our Investing Decisions

Trying to understand our investing decisions, researchers concluded that the Big 5v personality traits prov ide some insight.

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April 3, 2023
happiness and global income
April 3, 2023
We Finally Know If Money Makes Us Happy

Looking at money and happiness, studies have disagreed whether increasing income makes us happier...until now.

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March 31, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 31, 2023
Where the World Needs More Women Leaders

Whether looking at countries, cartoons, or corporations, we see the an egregiously inadequate number of women leaders.

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March 24, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and wine gifts
March 24, 2023
Why Dinner Guests Say Thank You With Wine, Not Cash

Called repugnant transactions, there are some behaviors in which we should not engage that can involve money or moral outrage.

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March 13, 2023
Oscar betting markets
March 13, 2023
Why We Want More (Academy Award Winning) Actors

Although yesterday, Academy Award diversity was boosted by Everything Everywhere All at Once, still the numbers are low.

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February 16, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and winning the lottery
February 16, 2023
Why We Want To Win the Lottery

When researchers looked at the impact of winning the lottery, they reported some surprisimng rsults about our how our well-being changed.

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February 13, 2023
Economic Valentines
February 13, 2023
What an Economist Might Say on Valentine’s Day

As poems, or graphs, or cartoons, economic Valentines are one of many reasons why economics need not be the dismal science.

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February 12, 2023
Valentine's Day Candy Hearts
February 12, 2023
Why We Want the Valentine’s Candy We Never Liked

Although they last for five years and (sometimes) taste like plaster, conversation hearts are the best selling Valentine's Day Candy.

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February 9, 2023
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
February 9, 2023
What Does Our Well-Being Cost?

Through new well-being metrics, we can see alternative criteria to which policy makers can respond after the GDP.

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February 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and China's birthrate
February 5, 2023
What We Expect From Online Dating

The closer we look at online dating markets, the more we see differences in the firms, the users, and the attitudes.

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January 25, 2023
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January 25, 2023
The Many Sides of the Ford Pickup Truck

Ranging from changes in society to the owner's messaging, the history of the Ford pickup truck is about more than transportation.

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