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March 23, 2020
redeploying food production for restaurants
March 23, 2020
What Will Happen to Restaurant Food?

As business closings multiply, redeploying food from restaurants to supermarket consumers has required changes along the supply chain.

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March 16, 2020
Economic News Roundup and face mask shortages
March 16, 2020
How (Not) to Eliminate Face Mask Shortages

Whether looking at rationing, price caps, trade restrictions, or the market, the problem of face mask shortages is tough to solve.

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March 9, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
March 9, 2020
Six Facts That We Need to Know About Oil

With the price of crude plunging, oil supply facts can provide insight about its production, consumption, and significance.

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February 23, 2020
face mask shortages
February 23, 2020
Why We Want Higher Face Mask Prices

Rather than gouging or profiteering, higher prices are best described as the incentives we need to boost the world's face mask supply.

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January 19, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Southwest brand value
January 19, 2020
How the 737 MAX Could Change Your Vacation Plans

Because 737 MAX demand from American and other airlines was large, grounding the plane has created huge flight disruptions.

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January 13, 2020
Boeing 737 MAX supply chains
January 13, 2020
A Global Look at the 737 MAX

More than a U.S., airplane, the Boeing 737 MAX is made from components that come from the 600 companies in its global supply chain.

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January 7, 2020
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January 7, 2020
How Hershey Kisses and COPEC Are Like Oil and OPEC

Hershey kisses and COPEC might be like petroleum and OPEC if the Ivory Coast and Ghana are able to elevate cocoa bean prices.

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December 29, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and concert ticket prices
December 29, 2019
Why Taylor Swift Likes Slow Ticketing

Wondering why concert ticket prices have gone up during the past decade, we can look at Taylor Swift's 2018 Reputation tour.

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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 15, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and chickens' welfare
December 15, 2019
How a (Resource) Curse Created a Chicken Shortage

Shown by Nigeria's chicken shortage, a country's oil wealth can become a resource curse when it prevents an economy from diversifying.

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November 27, 2019
sinking Thanksgiving turkey prices
November 27, 2019
The Mystery of the Cheap Turkey

Lower turkey prices just before Thanksgiving are an economic mystery because a spike in demand is supposed to make products more expensive.

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November 25, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and product recalls
November 25, 2019
Why Romaine Lettuce is Like a 737 Max

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