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October 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free rewards
October 31, 2017
There’s No Such Thing As A Free Reward

Although there is no such thing as a free reward, consumers rarely consider the rewards programs costs that they wind up paying.

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October 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and wine production
October 29, 2017
A Tale of Wine and Weather

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October 25, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and research replication
October 25, 2017
Undigestible Food (Studies)

Because of research replication issues and questionable data, many academic papers need more rigor from their authors and skepticism from their readers.

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October 24, 2017
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October 24, 2017
How Brexit Could Change a Big Mac

The Brexit impact could include McDonald's Big Macs if the United Kingdom winds up with tariffs on cheddar cheese from Ireland.

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October 23, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicle charging stationeconomics
October 23, 2017
Should Norway Pull the (Electric Vehicle) Plug?

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October 20, 2017
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and tomato tradeoffs
October 20, 2017
Why Tomatoes are Controversial

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October 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
October 19, 2017
Connecting a Good Economy to Bad Health

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October 18, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the iPod and Starbucks
October 18, 2017
The iPod, Starbucks, and Richard Thaler’s Behavioral Economics

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October 16, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
October 16, 2017
Deciding Who Is Middle Class and Who Is Rich

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October 13, 2017
Trump China tariffs
October 13, 2017
Why the Panama Canal is Bigger and Better

Enabling the newest massive container ships to travel to the East Coast, the Panama Canal expansion changed the world's transportation infrastructure.

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October 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Richard Thaler and behavioral economics nudges
October 10, 2017
The Story of a Nudge and the Nobel Economics Prize

For his public policy nudges and his contributions to behavioral economics, Richard Thaler will get the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

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October 9, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and solar panels in Puerto Rico
October 9, 2017
Puerto Rico’s Solar Power Alternative

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