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April 5, 2015
Phillies as an economic indicator
April 5, 2015
What New Coke Could Teach Baseball

Baseball managers say that winning requires time consuming competitive strategies that conflict with the sport's need to shorten game time and attract fans.

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April 2, 2015
everyday economics and responding to supply and demand, U.S. farmers are growing less corn and more soybeans and sorghum.
April 2, 2015
How the World’s Most-Consumed Liquor Changed the Corn Market

Because of supply and demand in the U.S. and the world, U.S. farmers are planting less corn and more soybeans and sorghum.

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April 1, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and measuring happiness
April 1, 2015
Pop Music’s Risk Takers

The popular music industry is a risk based culture in which addictive substances touring, irregular hours and stress create high mortality rates.

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March 31, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and employee pay
March 31, 2015
What We Should Ask About the Wealth Gap

Because economists disagree on how to measure wealth, they convey different conclusions about the history of wealth inequality and distribution..

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March 30, 2015
Everyday economics and almond water demand
March 30, 2015
The Unexpected Cost of An Almond

Allocating water to California almond growers that could be used elsewhere in the state represents tradeoffs and considerable cost during the drought.

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March 29, 2015
Everyday economics and performance metrics can create a perverse incentive.
March 29, 2015
Why It’s Tough to Evaluate Job Performance

If a performance metric is known, the people being evaluated have an incentive to shift their behavior so that their scores improve but not the job they do.

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March 27, 2015
Weekly Roundup and good governance and insider trading
March 27, 2015
The Dangerous Side of Economics

Because he revised his country's inaccurate deficit and received Eurostat approval, Greece's chief statistician might be prosecuted for "breach of faith."

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March 25, 2015
Everyday economics and Sunday shopping productivity
March 25, 2015
Why We Need Sunday Shopping

To fuel French economic growth, productivity and employment, a controversial law will allow more Sunday shopping but the business/leisure debate continues.

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March 24, 2015
WNBA expansion
March 24, 2015
Following the March Madness Money

Whether looking at what fans spend and wager or the NCAA, the coaches, the teams, the media, and corporate promotions, March Madness is about big business.

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March 23, 2015
Everyday economics and Free trade agreements make Mexico an attractive place for car makers.
March 23, 2015
The Surprising Reason Your Car Was Made in Mexico

More than its low labor costs, Mexico is attracting car manufacturers away from the U.S. because it has free trade agreements with more than 40 countries.

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March 22, 2015
Everyday economics and temptation bundling.
March 22, 2015
How Temptation Bundling Can Help You Exercise More

Because cost and benefit analysis shows that temptation bundling for gym attendance encourages healthier behaviors, the approach can be used elsewhere.

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March 20, 2015
Everyday economics on self-driving cars
March 20, 2015
How the Driverless Car is About More Than Driving

Related to customization, sharing, software dominance, job losses, and ripples of disrupting the status quo, the driverless car is an innovation prototype.

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