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September 23, 2019
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September 23, 2019
Airplane Window Shade Wars

Rather like the reclining chair debate, the battle of the airplane window shade has also become a source of passenger conflict.

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September 22, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
September 22, 2019
Six Small Facts About Globalization That Are Really Big

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September 19, 2019
Biden's spending proposals
September 19, 2019
Where the Federal Deficit Can Fool Us

At $1 trillion, the ballooning U.S. deficit can be understood as a number, as a proportion of the budget, and the reason we owe China so much money.

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September 16, 2019
manufacturing jobs
September 16, 2019
The Manufacturing Jobs That Are Disappearing

Through the excellent Netflix documentary, "American Factory," and Bureau of Labor Force projections, we can see disappearing manufacturing jobs.

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September 13, 2019
weekly economic news roundup no deal Brexit
September 13, 2019
The Ripple of a No Deal Brexit

When we follow the trail of a no deal Brexit, the massive ripple of its impact ranges from intangible uncertainty to a real impact on business activity.

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September 11, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn
September 11, 2019
Why We Should Buy Popcorn at the Movies

When you see why movie theater tickets are cheap and movie theater popcorn is so expensive, you might want to buy more popcorn.

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September 5, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and benefits of trade
September 5, 2019
Why Trade Is Good

Knowing that the benefits of free trade can be invisible, we can use a list of six brief reasons to actually see why trade is good.

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September 3, 2019
digital distraction
September 3, 2019
When To Ignore Your Email

Tempted by thousands of hours of digital distractions, at home and at work, we diminish our creativity, our productivity, and our self-satisfaction.

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September 2, 2019
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
September 2, 2019
How to Calculate the Cost of a Disaster

To determine the disaster cost of weather and climate events, the U.S. government has to decide what to include and how to assess the value.

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September 1, 2019
chicken war
September 1, 2019
The Chicken Sandwich War That Popeyes and Chick-fil-A Started

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August 30, 2019
banana consumption
August 30, 2019
Why We Should Worry About Our (Top) Banana

With the arrival of a banana fungus in the Americas, we should start to worry about the survival of one of our most popular fruits.

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August 29, 2019
weekly economic news roundup and corruption impact
August 29, 2019
One Way That Norway Is Different from Nigeria

Diplomatic immunity can give us an indication of corruption in a country by looking at whether consular officials pay parking tickets.

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