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November 6, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Amazon markets
November 6, 2018
An Amazon Market in South America

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October 1, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and airline fees
October 1, 2018
The Reasons That Airlines Boost Fees Rather than Fares

When the rising price of fuel boosts airlines' costs, they can buoy their bottom line by increasing optional and barely noticeable fees or raising fares.

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September 24, 2018
Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
September 24, 2018
Why Wedding Tickets Should (or Should Not) Be For Sale

By identifying the moral limits of markets, we can decide what should and should not be sold...like wedding tickets and high grades.

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September 4, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Nutella Supply
September 4, 2018
How To Preserve Our Nutella Supply

Hoping to expand the Nutella supply chain with new producers of hazelnuts in Canada and even New Jersey, Ferrero is supporting hybrid seed research.

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August 17, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and indoor farmers
August 17, 2018
Why Urban Farmers Plant Their Crops in Garages

Using old containers from cargo ships, commercial urban farmers are growing hydroponic mini-lettuces and even strawberries in warehouses and garages.

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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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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 26, 2018
soybean markets
July 26, 2018
Where Retaliatory Tariffs Create Unintended Consequences

It will be rather complicated when retaliatory agricultural tariffs, aluminum protection, and crop payment supports all hit New Madrid County, Missouri.

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July 18, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and speedy internet
July 18, 2018
Why We Need Speedy Connections

Looking back at the impact of the telegraph on cotton markets, you can see why a speedy internet affects supply and demand.

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July 13, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mattress bubble
July 13, 2018
Awakening the Mattress Industry

Disrupting traditionally sleepy mattress markets, now we can buy beds-in-a-box online and visit countless mattress stores at local malls.

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July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018
The Impact of a Bee Sting on Your Big Mac

The market's message from bee pollination prices has minimized the impact of colony collapse disorder (CCD) on our Big Mac.

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June 28, 2018
summer blockbusters
June 28, 2018
The Missing Female Film Critics

The skewed race and gender of the film critics that review our top grossing movies might not express what a more diverse group would say.

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