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March 23, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Aging populations
March 23, 2018
Why Businesses Want Older Models

While businesses will enjoy spending from aging populations, communities are concerned with supporting an older demographic.

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March 22, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and almond growers
March 22, 2018
What You Probably Don’t Know About Almonds

Whether looking at bees or tree shakers or water, we can see a lot of surprising activity through the supply and demand sides of almond markets.

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March 20, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
March 20, 2018
The Return of the Disappearing Avocado

If avocado has returned to your favorite veggie wrap, you can ask your economist to explain avocado prices with supply and demand.

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March 19, 2018
Adam Smith laissez-faire
March 19, 2018
A 2018 Update: The World’s Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

The Index of Economic Freedom is a handy source of data for judging whether or not a government has a laissez-faire philosophy.

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March 18, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Bitcoin mining
March 18, 2018
Plattsburgh’s Bitcoin Problem

With Plattsburgh, New York's cheap electricity attracting Bitcoin miners, the city has to figure out how to cut their power usage.

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March 16, 2018
Trump China tariffs
March 16, 2018
Why We Have More Bananas

Customized container ship refrigeration has made it possible for our fruit imports to include many more bananas, limes, mangoes, and berries.

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March 15, 2018
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Gander's land, labor and capital
March 15, 2018
Seeing Gander on 9/11 Through a Different Lens

While Gander's hospitality on 9/11 is an example of considerable graciousness, it also can be remembered for its economics.

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March 14, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and soggy French fries
March 14, 2018
McDonald’s Soggy French Fries Problem

Because of their new delivery partnership with UberEats, McDonald's has a soggy French fries problem that they need to solve.

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March 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pizza box recycling
March 12, 2018
Using Pizza to Understand the Trade Deficit

We can look at pizza take-out to see why a trade deficit involves much more than spending more on the imports you buy than the exports you sell.

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March 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Prisoners' Dilemma
March 11, 2018
Why Daylight Saving Time is Good For Us

With Daylight Saving Time (DST) having just begun, we might find that shifting sunlight from the morning to the evening has made us safer.

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March 9, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and EU budget battle
March 9, 2018
What Brexit Will Do to the EU Budget

About more than the U.K., Brexit also creates EU budget problems because of the 10 to 12 billion euros that the British will no longer give annually.

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March 8, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sneaker production
March 8, 2018
The One Thing We Should Know About Making Sneakers

With consumers expecting faster product cycles, Adidas is experimenting with a new supply chain that accelerates sneaker production.

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