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December 31, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Federal Reserve facts
December 31, 2018
The Six Facts That We Need To Know About the Federal Reserve

The six Federal Reserve facts that we need to know relate to why it was created, what it always does, and what is happening now.

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December 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and stock market bubbles
December 21, 2018
How a Sock Puppet Created a Bubble

Ranging from sock puppets in 2000 to the spread of the automobile in the 1920s, the causes of market bubbles are different and yet similar.

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November 25, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sweden's cashless economy
November 25, 2018
How Sweden Feels About Cash

In an increasingly cashless Sweden, an Ikea cash-free store has created a positive response from management and many customers but not from everyone.

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November 20, 2018
politics and purchases
November 20, 2018
Where Clothing Size Inflation Is a Large Problem

Like the CPI measures purchasing power through the dollar's inflation rate, we can observe waistline changes through clothing size inflation.

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October 3, 2018
Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
October 3, 2018
The Cash We Love to Stash

Although going cashless seems to be a trend, we are printing more $100 bills for people in the U.S.and elsewhere in the world.

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September 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana economics
September 21, 2018
Six Facts About Marijuana and Money

Looking at marijuana economics, we see a growing industry that is constrained by the clash between federal and state law.

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August 27, 2018
Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
August 27, 2018
What Money Should Look Like

Using color, size and content, better banknote currency design would make our dollar bills more functional and meaningful.

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August 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Venezuela's hyperinflation
August 21, 2018
Why It’s Tough to Catch Venezuela’s Runaway Hyperinflation

Calming the everyday monetary chaos created by Venezuela's hyperinflation is about much more than lopping zeros off its currency.

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July 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mobile money
July 11, 2018
The Travels of Mobile Money

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July 1, 2018
news roundup and traders
July 1, 2018
Why Wall Street Might Care About Femtoseconds

Whether looking at the nineteenth century or now, Wall Street has always had fast traders who knew how to get the news before their competitors.

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June 19, 2018
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
June 19, 2018
Why Bitcoin Is Not a Security

Asking if bitcoin is a security, a commodity, money, or property, we get a list of different answers that lead us to regulatory questions.

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May 30, 2018
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Norway's central bank
May 30, 2018
How Certain Central Bankers Became More Friendly

When you look at Norway's new banknotes and their (hilarious) video describing the journey of a cod from the sea to a wallet, you can see that central bankers have become more interesting.

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