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March 17, 2025
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March 17, 2025
A Dark Side of Coffee

With the rising price of coffee beans, like egg heists and egg smuggling, coffee thefts in the U.S. and Brazil are up.

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March 14, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Texas lottery winners
March 14, 2025
How to Win a Lottery

Almost impossible, winning the lottery became easier in Texas when an out-of-state group used a courier service app.

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March 13, 2025
economic news roundup and new stadium for Manchester United
March 13, 2025
A New Stadium For Manchester United

Like most mega projects, the Manchester United proposal for a new £2 billion, 100,000 seat stadium sounds irresistible.

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February 27, 2025
gift giving wisdom
February 27, 2025
When We Do (and Don’t) Spend Our Gift Cards

Much more than a gift, unused gift cards have demand and supply significance that provide insight about consumers and producers.

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February 21, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and overhead baggage bin
February 21, 2025
Why the Overhead Baggage Bin Became a Battle

Trying to explain the chaotic behavior created by the overhead airline bin, a behavioral economist would cite the tragedy of the commons.

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February 3, 2025
credit card spending
February 3, 2025
When We Feel Payment Pain

Moving away from cash toward more debit and credit card spending, we can observe how our payment pain changes.

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January 23, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and choosing a movie
January 23, 2025
Why an Airport Is Like Netflix

Whether choosing a movie or navigating an airport, visible and invisible architecture take us to our destination.

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January 17, 2025
eliminating daylight saving time
January 17, 2025
Will a Time Change Create More Efficiency?

Similar to Brazil, by eliminating daylight saving time, we will surely create a slew of unintended consequences.

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January 9, 2025
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
January 9, 2025
What We’ve Learned About Money and Happiness

The recent death of Richard Easterlin takes us back to his benchmark 1974 study of money and happiness and the avalanche of responses.

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January 7, 2025
remote work and fertility
January 7, 2025
How Parental Leave Changed at Netflix

A new parental leave norm at Netflix was about more than a company, its employees, and the impact of growth.

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January 5, 2025
pet spending
January 5, 2025
What Your Dog Says About You

What a dog says about you through its name and breed takes us far beyond the canine world to values and affluence.

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January 2, 2025
New Year's resolutions
January 2, 2025
Which New Year’s Resolutions Do We Keep?

Hoping for success with our New Year's resolutions, we can look at the goals and approach suggested by research.

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