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April 17, 2024
economic news roundup and Japan's cash
April 17, 2024
Where Money Grows On Trees

Made from a Himalayan shrub, Japanese cash remains popular, even when other countries are becoming increasingly cashless.

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April 14, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free football
April 14, 2024
When Free Football Has a Cost

Experimenting with free football by not charging for tickets, a French and a German team changed the cost of a game.

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April 8, 2024
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April 8, 2024
A Surprising Rum Tax

When the U.S. Congress decided to give Puerto Rico some alcohol taxes from its rum exports, the results were unexpected.

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April 7, 2024
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April 7, 2024
How We Respond to Restaurant Psychology

More than we recognize, restaurant psychology creates incentives that determine our spending, our timing, and what we eat.

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April 1, 2024
economic news roundup and the Dow and the S&P
April 1, 2024
What Daniel Kahneman Could Have Said to Investors

Understanding our decision-making, psychologist Daniel Kahneman's investing insights could prevent some expensive mistakes.

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March 31, 2024
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March 31, 2024
How Demand Can Determine What We Steal

Understanding why retailers have always had problems with razor thefts, we can look at why we demand so many.

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March 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Daniel Kahneman stories
March 29, 2024
Daniel Kahneman Stories

Among his many behavioral economics insights, these Daniel Kahneman stories illustrate some of the wisdom he conveyed.

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March 24, 2024
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March 24, 2024
How the World’s Happiest Countries Are Not Entirely Happy

A close look at how we identify the world's happiest countries reveals that happiness ranks could be misleading.

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March 20, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and:fire ant economics
March 20, 2024
The (Economic) Invasion of the Fire Ant

The economic side of Australia's fire ant invasion includes accepting the massive eradication opportunity cost.

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March 19, 2024
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March 19, 2024
When Chocolate Is An Elasticity Story

All about the inadequate supply of cocoa beans, the price of chocolate has shot upward while consumer price elasticity expanded.

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March 17, 2024
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March 17, 2024
How Housing Markets Have Downsized

Recovering after the Great Recession, housing markets expanded until they had to shrink in an unexpected way.

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March 15, 2024
economic news roundup and 4-day workweek
March 15, 2024
Where the 4-Day Workweek Works

Although momentum seems to be moving us toward the 4-day workweek, and recent studies support the shift, still, there are problems.

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