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May 27, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
May 27, 2024
Why Should We Care About the Baby Boomers?

Although the statistics are debatable, we can be sure that baby boomer spending will always have considerable economic impact.

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May 24, 2024
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May 24, 2024
When Will Chocolate Be Too Expensive?

With growing conditions in the Ivory Coast boosting the price of chocolate, now we have another reason for a pricier M&M.

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May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
Why Snail Mail Still Matters

While email's ascent could appear to have replaced the value of the postal service, the message is massively misleading.

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May 17, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
May 17, 2024
What Your Baby’s Name Signals

With the Social Security Administration having just published its most popular baby names list, we can ask what a name signals.

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May 15, 2024
Weekly Economic New Roundup and marketing techniques
May 15, 2024
Mind Over Money: How Your Brain Regulates Your Shopping Choices

While shopping in a store, consumers are unaware of the marketing techniques that create a neurological reaction.

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May 10, 2024
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May 10, 2024
Where Billionaires Live With Income Equality

Looking at the number of Sweden's billionaires and the country's income equality, we could become somewhat puzzled.

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May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
Our Most Recent Social Security Worries

Looking at the near and distant future, we should continue to worry about the Social Security projections in yesterday's 2024 Trustees Report.

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May 2, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and chickens' welfare
May 2, 2024
What AI Says About a Cluck

Trying to decipher chickens' welfare, we can look to AI for harnessing massive amounts of cluck and squawk data.

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May 1, 2024
Economic News Roundup and Zimbabwe's inflation
May 1, 2024
Why Zimbabwe’s Laundered Money Is Really Washed

The latest battle in Zimbabwe's war against inflation is being fought with another new currency that is called the ZiG.

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April 28, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
April 28, 2024
Where Female Entrepreneurs Get Less Funding

Looking at women's venture caqpital funding in the United States and Europe, we would see a vast chasm between the women and the men.

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April 21, 2024
Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
April 21, 2024
Choosing Between a Road and a Reserve

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April 19, 2024
economic news roundup and eliminating the penny
April 19, 2024
What a Penny Can Add

Considering the upside and downside of eliminating the penny takes us to bigger questions about the composition of our money supply.

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