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June 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025
Why Our Cars Cost Us So Much

Ascending to stratospheric levels, car spending takes us to new and used vehicles, and to what their repairs cost us.

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June 27, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cheaper housing
June 27, 2025
How To Lower Your Rent

Targeting cheaper housing, the rent policies of Austin, Texas and New York, New York have had different results.

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June 25, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and banana facts
June 25, 2025
All We Could Possibly Want To Know About Bananas

Through six banana facts, we can learn all we might want to know about the most popular fresh fruit in the U.S.

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June 23, 2025
sourcing risks
June 23, 2025
Where To Move Your Supply Chain

With tariffs changing global trade, firms can respond by considering the sourcing risks from new supply chains.

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June 22, 2025
egg heist
June 22, 2025
The Economic Side of an Egg Heist

TTypical of food cargo theft, a recent massive egg heist followed a rise in egg prices and the availability of a perishable shipment.

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June 20, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
June 20, 2025
Why We Should Worry About Medicare

The 2025 Trustees Report on Social Security and Medicare shows us why our Medicare worries should be elevated.

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June 19, 2025
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
June 19, 2025
Why We Should Worry About Social Security

The newly released 2025 Trustees Report tells us that our Social Security worries have many reasons to be increasing.

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June 16, 2025
congestion pricing and car horns
June 16, 2025
How Horn Honking Responds to Congestion Pricing

To assess the short term impact of New York City's congestion pricing, we can look at predictable metrics and also horn honking.

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June 11, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and egg price fixing
June 11, 2025
A New Egg Price Mystery

Seeing the sharp rise on egg prices and now their fall, we can ask about the impact of the new bid flu flare-up.

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June 10, 2025
federal gasoline tax
June 10, 2025
Why Gasoline Taxes Are a Problem

As road funding plunges from less gas tax revenue, we have to identify new sources of revenue for maintaining our highways and bridges.

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June 6, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Cambridge
June 6, 2025
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June 5, 2025
economic news roundup and college graduation
June 5, 2025
Why Did Women Become More Educated?

With college graduation rates up, we can ask why women, more than men, have primarily been the beneficiaries.

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