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May 17, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and concert ticket prices
May 17, 2018
How Taylor Swift Solved Her Ticket Problem

Through her new concert tour, "Reputation," Taylor Swift may have figured out how to prevent scalpers from reducing ticket availability and getting too much of her revenue.

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May 16, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and commuting time
May 16, 2018
What You Never Expected To Hear About a Traffic Jam

Since billions have been proposed for infrastructure spending, we should consider some surprising suggestions from researchers on traffic congestion.

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May 11, 2018
China's GDP
May 11, 2018
How China Has Begun To Keep (a Social) Score

In China, by being good to your mother-in-law, you can elevate your social credit score, get a cheaper bike rental, and a better bank loan.

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May 10, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and guinea pig rentals
May 10, 2018
Why Guinea Pigs and Party Dresses Are Similar

Whether looking at guinea pigs or party dresses, you get rental markets when time and money make people avoid a purchase.

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May 8, 2018
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and mandatory calorie count labels
May 8, 2018
Do Mandatory Calorie Labels Matter?

Although mandatory calorie count labels have become the law of the land, their impact on firms and consumers is still unpredictable.

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May 6, 2018
beef prices
May 6, 2018
Why We Need Holey Cow and Other Cheesy Names

Even U.S. cheesemakers suffer when the EU (European Union) says you can't use a label like Parmesan or feta because your cheese wasn't made in the required place.

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May 4, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
May 4, 2018
Does Everyone Deserve a Job?

With job guarantee proposals in the news, we can start to consider what so massive an entitlement program could involve.

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May 3, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and hotel amenities
May 3, 2018
Explaining Why We’ll Have New Hotel Shampoo Bottles

Describing why we'll have new hotel shampoo bottles, Marriott, a hotel guest, and an economist would have different explanations.

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May 1, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and bicycle friendly cities
May 1, 2018
Why It’s Tough To Be a BFC (Bike-Friendly City)

Looking at the world's most bike-friendly cities, you can see why only one city in the U.S. was among the top twenty in 2015 and none were there in 2017.

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April 29, 2018
postal service
April 29, 2018
The Biggest U.S. Postal Service Problem

With postal service innovation a basic problem, the U.S. Postal System is ranked lower than France, Japan, Poland, and nine other countries.

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April 27, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and EU budget battle
April 27, 2018
What Brexit Subtracts From the EU

To how the Europeans feel about a Brexit impact, we can add how the U.K. will affect the EU's GDP, population, budget, imports and exports when it leaves.

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April 26, 2018
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April 26, 2018
Deciding If Taxes Make You Move

Seeing people leave New Jersey, New York, and Illinois, we can start to ask if interstate migration is caused by high taxes.

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