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March 17, 2024
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March 17, 2024
How Housing Markets Have Downsized

Recovering after the Great Recession, housing markets expanded until they had to shrink in an unexpected way.

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February 27, 2024
helium reserve
February 27, 2024
How to Preserve a Helium Reserve

Seeing the U.S. government create and sell a helium reserve, we can ask if government or the market should allocate crucial commodities.

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February 26, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and housing shortage
February 26, 2024
The Unexpected Ending of a Rent Ceiling Story

Looking more closely at statewide rent ceilings, we will see an economic story that could have an unexpected ending.

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February 25, 2024
checked baggage fees
February 25, 2024
Why a Bigger Baggage Bin Is Like a New Highway

Whether looking at airlines' overhead baggage bins or highway construction, we see supply created incentives boosting demand.

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February 14, 2024
economic news roundup and farmer protests
February 14, 2024
Where and Why Farmers Are Furious

Separated by 6,582 km (4,090 miles), near Paris and New Delhi, farmer protests hope to achieve similar and yet different goals.

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January 21, 2024
forgotten subscriptions
January 21, 2024
Why Subscriptions Might Never End

Behavioral economics can explain why forgotten subscriptions have become an increasingly typical phenomenon.

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December 29, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
December 29, 2023
A Tale of Two Canals

Although caused by entirely different reasons, Suez and Panama Canal problems together have shifted supply curves.

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December 15, 2023
Ikea's meatballs
December 15, 2023
Why We Won’t Want Another Meatball

Sometimes less is more when you can choose between regular Ikea's meatballs and one that is the size of a turkey.

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December 11, 2023
gift giving
December 11, 2023
When To Give a Gift

During the winter holidays, considering all of our gift giving decisions, we could listen to some economic advice.

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September 8, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and college ranking
September 8, 2023
The Subjective Side of Ranking Colleges

Hearing WSJ's new college ranking criteria, we can still suggest that it is impossible to eliminate subjectivity.

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August 31, 2023
Popcorn history
August 31, 2023
Why Millions of People Decided to See a Movie a Day (at the theater)

Trying to encourage us to return to movie theaters, the movie packages that matter have had disastrous results.

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August 28, 2023
wine corks and screw tops
August 28, 2023
Why Ukraine Cares About Wine Corks

For reasons that range from "being corked" to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the suppy of wine corks and screw tops has shifted.

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