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July 28, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cheap sneakers
July 28, 2017
Why Cheap Was a Problem for Starbury Signature Sneakers

When Stephon Marbury priced his signature sneakers at $14.98, he had more of a problem selling them than he had expected,

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July 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and shrinking products
July 27, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering When Package Sizes Shrunk

When manufacturers began downsizing packages in the U.K., we got less chocolate in a bar, fewer teabags in a box and smaller Creme Eggs.

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July 25, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
July 25, 2017
Why There Are So Few Female CEOs

Asking why the number of female CEOs remains low, we can look at the gender balance in workforce pipelines to the top of different industries.

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July 19, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and Hollywood gender gap Star Wars Monopoly game
July 19, 2017
The Hollywood Gender Gap

Excluding Rey from its newest Star Wars Monopoly game, Hasbro added to a Hollywood gender gap described in a new study from USC Annenberg.

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July 16, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and team chemistry
July 16, 2017
How to Get Team Chemistry

Trying to figure out the reason for success in Major League Baseball could take us beyond individual talent to understanding the sources of team chemistry.

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July 14, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and the IKEA Effect
July 14, 2017
Why the IKEA Effect is About Much More Than Furniture

Rippling far beyond furniture assembly, the IKEA Effect can determine how we value what we construct and cook at home, and design at work.

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July 13, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and Veblen Goods Tiffany
July 13, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Looking Back at the Tiffany Brand

Shifting from Audrey Hepburn elegance to Lady Gaga, the Tiffany brand has a new face to market its luxury image and its Veblen goods.

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July 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup financial decisions and red print
July 9, 2017
The Surprising Impact of Seeing Red

Making financial decisions, we might take more or less risk because of the color of the print in our documents and charts.

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July 7, 2017
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July 7, 2017
Fracking, Fertility and Families

By comparing manufacturing and fracking communities, economists are trying to figure out why the number of single parents is soaring.

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July 5, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
July 5, 2017
Manufacturing, Men, and Marriage Markets

Hit by trade shock from China, U.S. communities that experience factory layoffs and closings will also see an impact on marriage rates.

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July 3, 2017
traffic lights and Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
July 3, 2017
Using Adam Smith to Cross the Road

Wondering why cars happily stop to let pedestrians cross the road on an island without traffic lights, we can find an answer from Adam Smith.

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June 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
June 29, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Traditional First Date

Only several decades ago, the dating norms that said who paid for a meal were much clearer than they are today because of women's new economic role.

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