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July 28, 2020
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July 28, 2020
Why It’s Tough to Make a Movie During a Pandemic

Similar to schools and businesses, the reopening cost of making a movie safely during the coronavirus pandemic requires extra people, time, and money.

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May 27, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pizza purchases
May 27, 2020
A State-by-State Look at Quarantine Takeout

Ranging from tacos to dumplings to General Tso's chicken, our state-by-state quarantine takeout preferences are different.

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March 22, 2020
consumer spending
March 22, 2020
How Golf is Like Dior Perfume

From Dior to GM, when we look at golf, sanitizer, and ventilators, the production changes necessitated by the coronavirus depends on the factory.

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February 20, 2020
weekly economic news roundup and mattress markets
February 20, 2020
How Mattress Markets Have Inflated

An example of the revolution in mattress markets, Casper has been a leader and a victim of the competition that its innovation inspired.

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February 2, 2020
restaurant psychology
February 2, 2020
What Restaurants Really Sell Us

While many of us think that restaurants sell us food, economists point out that they are actually renting space to diners for several hours.

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December 18, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and standardized dress sizes
December 18, 2019
The Problem With Finding the Right Size

The massive volume of online clothing returns.takes us to the value of standardized dress sizes and the transactions costs of free shipping.

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December 10, 2019
Nike on Amazon
December 10, 2019
Nike’s Amazon Problem

Nike's Amazon problem related to the difficulty that most big brands would have with losing power at the Everything Store.

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November 4, 2019
honey bee worries
November 4, 2019
How Mexican Tequila is Like New Zealand Honey

Protecting honey through a trademark or an EU PDO are the goals of the makers of New Zealand's manuka honey because others are producing similar products.

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November 3, 2019
Weekly Economic News RoundupDaylight Saving Time
November 3, 2019
Why It’s Time to Think More About the Time

Because of the benefits of perpetuating DST, we can eliminate the Standard Time switch and even leap to one universal time for everyone.

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September 26, 2019
de minimis exemption
September 26, 2019
Throwback Thursday: When We Got Amazon Prime

#TBT: Looking back to the creation of Amazon Prime, we see we've come a long way from what we used to expect when we ordered online.

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September 11, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn
September 11, 2019
Why We Should Buy Popcorn at the Movies

When you see why movie theater tickets are cheap and movie theater popcorn is so expensive, you might want to buy more popcorn.

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September 1, 2019
chicken war
September 1, 2019
The Chicken Sandwich War That Popeyes and Chick-fil-A Started

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