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January 16, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mobile money
January 16, 2017
Where Phones Pump Money

Kenya's economic development has been fueled by a mobile banking system that makes it easy to save, send and spend money with a cell phone.

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January 15, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and marijuana update
January 15, 2017
A Marijuana Branding Problem

Soon to become big business, marijuana branding is helped by catchy names but restricted because of trademark constraints.

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January 13, 2017
Weekly Roundup and Girl Scout cookie sales
January 13, 2017
Girl Scout Cookie Economics

Soon to start their hundredth year, Girl Scout cookie sales will include some new economics and cookies but what you get depends on where you live.

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January 12, 2017
January 12, 2017
No Free Lunch at Restaurants With a Higher Minimum Wage

One Sarasota Springs, NY Ben & Jerry's franchise says more than several academic studies about the possible impact of a higher minimum wage.

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January 11, 2017
Weekly Roundup and endangered species
January 11, 2017
The Clash Between a Tiny Bug and a Texas Rancher

When a tiny bug stops a rancher from developing his land, the result is a clash between a government protecting an endangered species and private property.

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January 10, 2017
weekly roundup and work/life balance
January 10, 2017
What If Everyone Worked Less?

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January 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
January 9, 2017
How Supermarket Shelves Influence Us

Depending on its location, a supermarket's grocery shelf space can have a high or low value that will determine its product placement.

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January 8, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cash payments
January 8, 2017
How a Cash-Free Economy Affects Your Health

Far beyond the change in our spending, a cash free economy would have an impact on our bacterial immunities and our neurology.

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January 4, 2017
weekly roundup and working at home camel in the tent
January 4, 2017
Where Home and Work Should Intersect

While working at home has become the focus of a new French law, the bigger issue could be how much new technology enables the firm to monitor our lives.

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November 17, 2016
weekly roundup and Incentives Wells Fargo stagecoach
November 17, 2016
Incentives That Have Unexpected Results

From the Wells Fargo scandal to the British National Health Service and Chilean bus drivers, sometimes incentives can have unintended consequences.

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November 14, 2016
Weekly Roundup and India's demonetization and shadow economy
November 14, 2016
Why It’s Tough to Demonetize Cash

A surprise announcement on 11/8/16, demonetizing India's 500- and 1000-rupee notes meant most of the money in the country had to be swapped for new notes.

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July 6, 2016
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July 6, 2016
Why We Can Stop Worrying About Helium

The recent discovery of helium in Tanzania could be just in time to prevent a helium shortage that the U.S. government helped to create.

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