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May 10, 2019
Subway Footlong
May 10, 2019
The Rise and Fall of the Subway Five Dollar Footlong

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April 18, 2019
Economic News Roundup and internet tax
April 18, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Standard Oil When We Look Forward to Amazon

#TBT: Today's Throwback Thursday looks back to why Standard Oil was divided into 34 companies by the Supreme Court in 1911 and then forward to Amazon.

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April 14, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and employee pay
April 14, 2019
Doing a Fractal Zoom Into Our Yearly Pay

Depending on whether you look at national statistics or the numbers on a company basis, employee median pay can look very different.

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April 10, 2019
WNBA expansion
April 10, 2019
The Market Value of a College Sports Program

In addition to March Madness brackets, we could have used a college sports program valuation to rank the market value of each team.

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April 9, 2019
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chuck E. Cheese tokens
April 9, 2019
What Chuck E. Cheese Teaches Us About Money

When Chuck E. Cheese changed the kinds of payment cards that kids and their parents used for games and food, they created new spending incentives.

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April 4, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
April 4, 2019
The Mystery of the Vanishing Female CEOs

Using 85 observable characteristics, there was little that researchers could use from a Swedish study to prove why the glass ceiling blocks female CEOs.

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March 27, 2019
Weekly Economic New Roundup and a new restaurant
March 27, 2019
Two Ways to See a New Restaurant

While Kenji Lopez-Alt perceived his new restaurant through a food writer's lens, an economist would see it somewhat differently.

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March 18, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and airplane seat
March 18, 2019
How to Deal With (Airplane Seat) Recline Rage

To recline or not to recline an airplane seat is a problem for passengers and airlines because of pitch, profits, property rights, and your philosophy.

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March 17, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pregnancy discrimination
March 17, 2019
Why Pregnancy Remains a Labor Force Issue

Whether looking at entrepreneurs who need venture capital funding, UPS drivers, or Walmart warehouse workers, we could see pregnancy discrimination.

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March 8, 2019
restaurant psychology
March 8, 2019
Why a Higher Minimum Wage is like a Google Map

Using a multi-disciplined lens, the University of Washington's most recent study of Seattle's $15 minimum wage conveyed considerable insight.

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March 6, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and U.S. manufacturing
March 6, 2019
Six Facts That Tell You What Is Happening to U.S. Manufacturing

While it depends where you look and the industries you select, you can see that U.S. manufacturing is now experiencing a modest rebound.

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February 24, 2019
Apple's finances
February 24, 2019
The Value of the Brands We Love the Most

Adding to the value of a good or a service, firms in the top 15 global brands like Apple and Amazon have our loyalty by distinguishing what they produce.

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