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August 14, 2017
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August 14, 2017
How Marijuana Taxes Affect Our Behavior

The state of Washington created new marijuana tax incentives when it switched how it taxed pot growers, processors and retailers.

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August 11, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and developing nations' smartphones
August 11, 2017
Where Smartphones Have to be Clever

Targeting a less literate, poorer population, developing nations' smartphones are different from their "sisters" in industrialized countries.

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August 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cellphone-only users
August 10, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering When We Were More Connected

With a soaring proportion of households becoming cellphone-only users, on this #TBT we can look back at the disappearing landline.

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August 8, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and the potato cartel
August 8, 2017
How Our French Fries Became More Expensive

When the price of your French fries increased during the past decade, one reason was a potato cartel that was rather similar to OPEC.

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August 7, 2017
union membership
August 7, 2017
Why UPS and FedEx Have the Prisoners’ Dilemma

Planning their surcharge policy for the holiday shipping surge, UPS and FedEx each was influenced by the Prisoners' Dilemma.

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August 4, 2017
chicken export nationalism
August 4, 2017
The Development Debate About Chickens

When Bill Gates expressed his foundation's support for giving chickens to people in extreme poverty, he ignited a debate about development programs.

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August 1, 2017
egg prices
August 1, 2017
How Egg Markets Are Scrambled

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July 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
July 31, 2017
Connecting Medicaid Expansion to the Divorce Rate

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and subsequent Supreme Court decision had a surprising impact the divorce rate.

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July 28, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cheap sneakers
July 28, 2017
Why Cheap Was a Problem for Starbury Signature Sneakers

When Stephon Marbury priced his signature sneakers at $14.98, he had more of a problem selling them than he had expected,

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July 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and shrinking products
July 27, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering When Package Sizes Shrunk

When manufacturers began downsizing packages in the U.K., we got less chocolate in a bar, fewer teabags in a box and smaller Creme Eggs.

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July 26, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and giving up beef
July 26, 2017
The Downside of Eating Less Steak

Giving up steak takes you to an environmental decision that involves how much cows devour and what you eat instead of beef.

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July 25, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
July 25, 2017
Why There Are So Few Female CEOs

Asking why the number of female CEOs remains low, we can look at the gender balance in workforce pipelines to the top of different industries.

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