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December 18, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the JOLT survey
December 18, 2018
Getting Some Unemployment Insight Through a JOLT

By looking at job openings, hires, and quit rates in the JOLT Summary, we can get some unemployment insight about tighter labor markets.

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December 17, 2018
gift giving
December 17, 2018
Almost Everything We Need To Know About Gift Giving

Looking at what we buy and what we return, we can ask an economist and a psychologist for some gift-giving advice about our holiday spending.

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December 14, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and generational similarities
December 14, 2018
Why Millennials Might Not Be That Different

Rather than differences, we find generational similarities for Millennials when we look at diversity, education, and marriage trends.

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December 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
December 12, 2018
What a Government Shutdown Does to Each of Us

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December 7, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
December 7, 2018
Why Less Land Needs To Make More Food

With population growth adding almost three billion people by 2050, we need to figure out how to produce more food with less land and fewer emissions.

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December 4, 2018
Biden's spending proposals
December 4, 2018
Why We Might Have Another Partial Government Shutdown

To see why another partial government shutdown is a possibility, we can look at the Congress's continuing resolutions (CRs).

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November 30, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the most walkable cities
November 30, 2018
A New Way to Score a City

Cities that benefit from the economic side of walking have a boost in productivity, better health, and more social interaction.

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November 28, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and corn and climate
November 28, 2018
A Tale of Corn and Climate

A look at corn and climate change in northern Canada demonstrates the different markets that develop when temperatures rises.

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November 25, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sweden's cashless economy
November 25, 2018
How Sweden Feels About Cash

In an increasingly cashless Sweden, an Ikea cash-free store has created a positive response from management and many customers but not from everyone.

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November 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and a new kilogram measurment
November 21, 2018
Why the Kilogram Had to Change

To become more accessible and accurate, a new kilogram has been developed that that is based on ideas rather than an object.

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November 20, 2018
politics and purchases
November 20, 2018
Where Clothing Size Inflation Is a Large Problem

Like the CPI measures purchasing power through the dollar's inflation rate, we can observe waistline changes through clothing size inflation.

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November 19, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Facebook social media impact
November 19, 2018
The Real Problem With Facebook’s Business Model

To understand the problem with Facebook's ad revenue business model, we can just look at the role played by price as an incentive.

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