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March 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Daniel Kahneman stories
March 29, 2024
Daniel Kahneman Stories

Among his many behavioral economics insights, these Daniel Kahneman stories illustrate some of the wisdom he conveyed.

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November 26, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
November 26, 2023
How Much Money Do We Need To Be Happy?

During the past 50 years, economists have had different answers when asked about the connection between money and happiness.

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May 15, 2023
Amazon's air fleet
May 15, 2023
Why We Expect Faster Deliveries

Mostly because of Amazon, the demand and supply sides of markets encourage us to expect increasingly faster deliveries.

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November 6, 2022
lottery winners and losers
November 6, 2022
What Lottery Winners and Losers Need to Know

Futher confirming that economics is everyday life, behavioral economists have explained why we buy tickets when we won't be lottery winners.

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October 9, 2022
S&P 500 bull markets
October 9, 2022
How We Should (Not) Respond to Stock Market Losses

As we experience the pain of stock market losses, making it even worse, behavioral economists tell us we will sell at the wrong time.

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January 22, 2021
Amazon's air fleet
January 22, 2021
Why Amazon Is Buying a Freighter Fleet

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December 9, 2020
economic news roundup and pricing strategies
December 9, 2020
Apple’s Goldilocks Strategy

A behavioral economist can explain why a pricing strategy can become a legend when it relates to a bread making machine.

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February 5, 2020
weekly roundup and plastic bag fees
February 5, 2020
The Problem With Plastic Bag Bans

Because Chicago first had a single use plastic bag ban and then replaced it with a single use plastic bag fee, researchers can compare the impact.

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April 12, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and yogurt choice fatigue
April 12, 2019
How Shopping For Yogurt is Like Buying a Car

Recent research explains that our yogurt choice fatigue at the supermarket is rather similar to what we experience when buying a car.

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March 3, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Gross National Happiness
March 3, 2019
The Best Way To Measure Happiness

When we compare Bhutan's gross national happiness (GNH) to its gross domestic product (GDP, we could decide if happiness relates to economic growth.

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December 23, 2018
Weekly News Roundup and fast delivery
December 23, 2018
The New Meaning of Fast Delivery

From the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, our expectations for fast letter and package delivery have changed considerably.

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September 27, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic honesty
September 27, 2018
Economics and the Honor System

When we pay through an honor system, retailers depend on our economic honesty while researchers are trying to understand it.

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