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August 19, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and income inequality
August 19, 2021
The Mystery of the Missing Coins

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August 15, 2021
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
August 15, 2021
Why Social Security Should Look at Senior Spending

Based on the Consumer Price Index, cost-of-living changes in a senior's Social Security check could be more accurately calculated.

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August 11, 2021
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
August 11, 2021
Why You Might Not Use Bitcoin at AMC

Spending bitcoin for your AMC movie theater ticket and a bucket of popcorn will be possible this year...but will you want to?

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August 8, 2021
eviction moratorum
August 8, 2021
Renters, Landlords, and the Eviction Moratorium

The eviction moratoriums that affect renters and landlords require tradeoffs from millions of individuals and businesses.

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August 6, 2021
Friday's e-links
August 6, 2021
August 2021 Friday’s e-links: Some Economic Psychology

Our August e-links begin with some insight from Daniel Kahneman, the first (and only) psychologist to win the economics Nobel award.

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August 4, 2021
economic news roundup and multi-million dollar dinosaur fossils
August 4, 2021
A New Way To See Old Age

Looking back 55 years at the changes in life expectancy, we could decide to change our definition of what it means to be old.

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August 3, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tobacco taxes
August 3, 2021
The Tax That Made Us Healthier

By increasing cigarette taxes, states provided an example that extends beyond smoking of how a higher cost leads to healthier habits.

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July 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
July 30, 2021
When More Is Less at the Supermarket

When supermarkets carry fewer products, they lose the benefit of more variety but also minimize the cost of creating too many decisions.

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July 25, 2021
economic news roundup and electric vehicles
July 25, 2021
The Electric Vehicle Switch

Seeing your new EV, you might find it difficult to imagine the huge changes that an electric vehicle switch required in the factory.

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July 22, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
July 22, 2021
How Covid Changed World Energy Consumption

Ranging from oil to wind and solar, the supply and demand sides of world energy consumption responded to Covid-19 with some surprises.

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July 20, 2021
addresses matter
July 20, 2021
My Book of the Month: Why An Address Matters

Looking at "The Address Book What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power," we can see how addresses matter.

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July 14, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
July 14, 2021
Why Metrics Can Be Misleading

We can wind up with misleading metrics when the number we use as a goal becomes the incentive that distorts output decisions.

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