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October 13, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and 99 cents prices
October 13, 2021
The Price We Pay For a Costly Comma and an Absent Apostrophe

When we use poor punctuation, a misplaced comma or a missing apostrophe can create a costly mistaken message.

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October 8, 2021
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October 8, 2021
When Carbon is Like a Calorie

By looking at the impact of the Affordable Care Act's calorie label mandate, we can guess how much Google's emission facts will influence us.

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October 6, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Facebook social media impact
October 6, 2021
Social Media’s Hidden Cost

Ranging from individuals to the entire economy, the cost of social media generally and of Facebook specifically ripples in many directions.

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September 12, 2021
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September 12, 2021
Where We Are Sure of Economic Uncertainty

Based on newspapers, stock markets, businesses, and households, economic policy uncertainty metrics can explain the pandemic impact.

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September 8, 2021
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September 8, 2021
How the ATM’s Twenty Dollar Bills Affect Us

The Atlanta Fed looked at how we spend our twenty dollar bills to see the ATM's impact on whether we use cash or debit or credit.

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September 6, 2021
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September 6, 2021
How the Risks of Investing and Covid Are Similar

Just when we think we have a safe approach to Investing and Covid, our risky behavior increases, thereby making us more vulnerable.

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September 3, 2021
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
September 3, 2021
Why Your Stock Ticker Symbol Matters

Much more than a name for trading stock, clever stock ticker symbols can affect how investors feel about companies.

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August 6, 2021
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August 6, 2021
August 2021 Friday’s e-links: Some Economic Psychology

Our August e-links begin with some insight from Daniel Kahneman, the first (and only) psychologist to win the economics Nobel award.

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August 3, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tobacco taxes
August 3, 2021
The Tax That Made Us Healthier

By increasing cigarette taxes, states provided an example that extends beyond smoking of how a higher cost leads to healthier habits.

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July 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
July 30, 2021
When More Is Less at the Supermarket

When supermarkets carry fewer products, they lose the benefit of more variety but also minimize the cost of creating too many decisions.

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July 20, 2021
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July 20, 2021
My Book of the Month: Why An Address Matters

Looking at "The Address Book What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power," we can see how addresses matter.

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July 14, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
July 14, 2021
Why Metrics Can Be Misleading

We can wind up with misleading metrics when the number we use as a goal becomes the incentive that distorts output decisions.

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