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October 6, 2025
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October 6, 2025
What Our Cows Are Wearing

Not limited to humans, wearable biometric devices let farmers and their cows enjoy the benefits of precision farming.

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July 6, 2025
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July 6, 2025
How To Gobble 70.5 Hot Dogs

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February 4, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chick-fil-A drive thru speed
February 4, 2025
Why the Chick-fil-A Drive-Thru Is Speedier

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November 17, 2024
AI productivity
November 17, 2024
When Your Date Is an AI Clone

With the cost of artificial intelligence ( AI ) skyrocketing as it even spreads to dating apps, we can ask if AI productivity will justify the massive spending.

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September 24, 2024
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September 24, 2024
Why Our Sleep Time Matters

As a source of our productivity, sleep time varies by gender, among people with and without children, and by age.

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July 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Southwest brand value
July 29, 2024
Why Southwest Wants To Board Us More Slowly

Knowing that Southwest's boarding strategies will change, we can ask about the impact of the switch on their turnaround productivity.

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May 2, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and chickens' welfare
May 2, 2024
What AI Says About a Cluck

Trying to decipher chickens' welfare, we can look to AI for harnessing massive amounts of cluck and squawk data.

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February 7, 2024
at home work
February 7, 2024
Labor Productivity: From the Bottom Up and Top Down

Crucial for economic growth, looking at labor productivity, we can focus on at home work and then the aggregate numbers.

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September 24, 2023
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September 24, 2023
Why Starbucks Needs Henry Ford

With the Starbucks Latte menu, success has the potential for failure because the more they make, the longer customers have to wait.

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