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September 20, 2023
economic news roundup and multi-million dollar dinosaur fossils
September 20, 2023
Are Checks Like Dinosaurs?

Moving away from cash and checks, for many of us, our money transactions have changed during the past 25 years.

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September 10, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
September 10, 2023
Where Equal Pay Cost £1.1bn

Whether looking at a city, a firm, or a sports team, we would see that equal pay outlays always have an oppoturnity cost.

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September 8, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and college ranking
September 8, 2023
The Subjective Side of Ranking Colleges

Hearing WSJ's new college ranking criteria, we can still suggest that it is impossible to eliminate subjectivity.

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September 6, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
September 6, 2023
A Medicare Surprise

Whether looking back to 1965's predictions or at the past decade, Medicare spending has alwaya had some surprises.

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September 4, 2023
Oscar betting markets
September 4, 2023
The Highly Skilled Labor We Rarely Think About

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September 1, 2023
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
September 1, 2023
The Most Destructive Weather Events

Idalia reminds us that the cost of hurricanes for storms with the letter "I" has been especially deadly and destructive.

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August 31, 2023
Popcorn history
August 31, 2023
Why Millions of People Decided to See a Movie a Day (at the theater)

Trying to encourage us to return to movie theaters, the movie packages that matter have had disastrous results.

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August 28, 2023
wine corks and screw tops
August 28, 2023
Why Ukraine Cares About Wine Corks

For reasons that range from "being corked" to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the suppy of wine corks and screw tops has shifted.

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August 27, 2023
giant pandas
August 27, 2023
The Price of Pandanomics

With the National Zoo's giant pandas soon departing, we can decide if their massive expense is worth their presence.

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August 24, 2023
household spending
August 24, 2023
Close Encounters of the Everyday Kind

Where we live, shop, and eat can determine if we experience the income isolation that results from the people we typically encounter.

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August 22, 2023
reverse supply chain
August 22, 2023
Where the Reverse Supply Chain Takes Us

Returning a massive amount of goods annually, we have created a reverse supply chain that uses considertable land, labor, and capital.

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August 17, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
August 17, 2023
Why the Inflation Reduction Act Needs a New Name

Looking at its spending, its goals, and its focus, we could say that the Inflation Reduction Act needs a new name.

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