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August 13, 2018
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August 13, 2018
Disrupting the Movie Industry

With many of us rarely going to a theater, we can see why movie attendance is down and the chance for industry disruption is up.

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August 2, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and decision fatigue
August 2, 2018
Why We Suffer From FOMO

With social media telling us everything our friends are doing and much more, many of us experience FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).

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August 1, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and immigration
August 1, 2018
What We Do and Don’t Know About Immigration

Looking at immigration facts, you would find a vast difference between what many people believe and accurate information.

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July 30, 2018
household responsibilitiesand household production
July 30, 2018
The Value of Work Done at Home

Whether looking at childcare, boiling water, or changing a light bulb, the activities that compose household production are tough to value.

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July 29, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Senegal's sanitation
July 29, 2018
Why an Economist Can Solve a Poop Problem

Sometimes you need an economist who figures out how to improve Senegal's sanitation by getting more people to use toilet suckers.

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July 23, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and measuring happiness
July 23, 2018
What Soccer Can Teach Us About Investing

When measuring happiness around the world after a World Cup finals match, the pain of loss can exceed the pleasure of gain.

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July 22, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free parking and parking meters
July 22, 2018
The Huge Impact of a Rather Irritating Invention

While the cost of free parking in New York City is rather huge, it can be offset by what was a seemingly insignificant and irritating innovation.

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July 20, 2018
small inventions
July 20, 2018
What to Expect from an Older Entrepreneur

hy Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Are Older Than We Expect

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July 17, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and egg price fixing
July 17, 2018
Comparing Eggs to Bananas

By dividing the CPI into goods and services that can and cannot be traded, we can see the impact of trade on price changes.

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July 16, 2018
traffic lights and Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
July 16, 2018
How Traffic Lights Relate to Adam Smith

When no traffic lights on the island of Nantucket has created good will among strangers, it also might show the limits of Adam Smith's laissez-faire.

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July 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
July 12, 2018
Still More on the Mommy Penalty

Two new papers have looked more closely at the mommy penalty and even identified how women who have no children are affected.

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July 10, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and traffic congestion
July 10, 2018
The Connection Between Bedtime and Gridlock

Instead of Google Maps, we might be able to avoid rush hour traffic congestion by looking at everyone's electrical usage.

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