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June 1, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
June 1, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Sending Tanks (and Thanks) to a Canal

As our first Throwback Thursday, we look at the present and the past with the 2,000 barrel beer tanks that traveled on the Erie Canal.

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May 29, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and American made Toyota Camry
May 29, 2017
Why Toyota is an American Car

A source of jobs and economic growth, the leading manufacturer of American made cars is not a U.S. firm because of globalization.

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May 24, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and parking lots and healthcare costs incentives
May 24, 2017
How Your Parking Lot and Your Medical Care Could Be Similar

Our healthcare costs and parking lot spending are influenced by similar incentives that involve paying per visit or with a lump sum for unlimited use.

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May 21, 2017
stock market activity and World Cup
May 21, 2017
Why Shoot-out Kicks and Bread Machines Can Be Similar

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May 12, 2017
priming the pump
May 12, 2017
How We Primed the Pump

When President Trump refers to priming the pump, we can think of the Great Depression, the Great Recession and deficit spending that can fuel the economy.

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May 10, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and gasoline prices
May 10, 2017
When the Price is Always Right

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April 26, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and beginning of the t-shirt supply chain
April 26, 2017
A Tale of Two T-Shirts

Covering 500 or so miles, a made-in-America t-shirt supply chain can be very different from a globally sourced t-shirt that travels more than 15,000 miles.

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April 20, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and manufacturing socks
April 20, 2017
What a Sock Can Teach Us

Manufacturing Socks in a Regional Cluster Helps Firms to Optimize Production

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March 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Brexit negotiations
March 31, 2017
What We Can Learn From the First Brexit

Like a contentious divorce, Brexit negotiations take us back to an EU exit precedent and forward to untangling countless agreements and regulations.

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March 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
March 27, 2017
What We Do With Our Time

To see what how much we work and sleep and play, and what the GDP does not tell us, we can use the American Time Use Survey.

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March 12, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
March 12, 2017
The Decline of Laissez-Faire

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March 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Measuring Happiness
March 10, 2017
Why Measuring Happiness is Tough

Measuring happiness is tough because of the difference between what we actually experience and what we remember about those moments.

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