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February 3, 2025
credit card spending
February 3, 2025
When We Feel Payment Pain

Moving away from cash toward more debit and credit card spending, we can observe how our payment pain changes.

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January 30, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cashless tips
January 30, 2025
How Cashlessness Affects Tips

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January 29, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and productivity and walking speeds
January 29, 2025
What Your Walking Speed Says About You

Looking at our urban walking speeds in three city neighborhoods, researchers observed how our pace changed from 1980 to 2010.

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January 28, 2025
Africa's electrification
January 28, 2025
How Lights Change Lives

With African electrification its goal, Mission 300 hopes to coordinate and incentivize government policy, private investment, and consumers.

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January 23, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and choosing a movie
January 23, 2025
Why an Airport Is Like Netflix

Whether choosing a movie or navigating an airport, visible and invisible architecture take us to our destination.

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January 19, 2025
season passes
January 19, 2025
How Season Passes Change the Margin

When Vail first offered season passes, it transformed the incentives that determined where and when we took ski vacations.

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January 17, 2025
eliminating daylight saving time
January 17, 2025
Will a Time Change Create More Efficiency?

Similar to Brazil, by eliminating daylight saving time, we will surely create a slew of unintended consequences.

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January 16, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pizza purchases
January 16, 2025
Why a British Pizzeria Charges £100 For Its Hawaiian Pie

Responding to a higher price for a Veblen good, some people astound us when they want to buy more of the item.

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January 15, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Canada's comparative advantage
January 15, 2025
Why Canada Chose a Road Instead of a Reserve

Whether looking at its indigenous people or its comparative advantage, Canada's economy reflects a slew of tradeoffs.

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January 14, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and China's birthrate
January 14, 2025
Why South Korea Became a Matchmaker

How South Korea's unusually low fertility rate relates to an unexpected characteristic of its economic growth.

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January 9, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
January 9, 2025
What We’ve Learned About Money and Happiness

The recent death of Richard Easterlin takes us back to his benchmark 1974 study of money and happiness and the avalanche of responses.

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January 7, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
January 7, 2025
How Parental Leave Changed at Netflix

A new parental leave norm at Netflix was about more than a company, its employees, and the impact of growth.

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