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October 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the best country
October 5, 2023
How To Choose the Best Country

While there is no such thing as the best country, different media use a variety of metrics to tell us that some places are better than others.

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October 1, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
October 1, 2023
Why Norway Needs a Floating Wind Turbine

Norway's stat-of-the-art gargantuan floating wind turbines will let them use wind power in many surprising ways.

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September 27, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
September 27, 2023
What It’s Nice to Know About a Government Shutdown

A seemingly simple phrase, the government shutdown creates a complicated ripple from government agencies to countless individuals.

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September 21, 2023
consumer behavior
September 21, 2023
How Fast Fashion Is Slowing Sales

With more of us taking advantage of fast fashion firms' easy online return policies, they've decided their cost is too high.

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September 20, 2023
economic news roundup and multi-million dollar dinosaur fossils
September 20, 2023
Are Checks Like Dinosaurs?

Moving away from cash and checks, for many of us, our money transactions have changed during the past 25 years.

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August 4, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and animal welfare
August 4, 2023
Why Hogs Are Happier

With a May 2023 decision about animal welfare, the Supreme Court affected the supply and demand for pork bellies.

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July 26, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and transportation infrastructure
July 26, 2023
How to Change an Infrastructure

Whether looking from the bottom up or top down, a U.S. transportation infrastructure injection of many billions of dollars is complex.

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June 29, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
June 29, 2023
Why You Might Be Younger Than You Think

Typically starting with your birth date, calculating your age could depend on chronology, biology, or where you live.

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June 28, 2023
Norway's coastline
June 28, 2023
How Norway Got A Longer Coastline

Looking at the changing length of Norway's coastline, we can ask if it is different or the change comes from us.

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June 22, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and price hikes
June 22, 2023
The Real Reasons That Prices Go Up

Looking at reasons for firms' price increase decisions, we can precisely see what fueled inflation during the past two years.

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June 18, 2023
air conditioning demand
June 18, 2023
Where Less AC Might Mean More

Paradoxically, because air conditioning demand could increase with a more efficient window unit, we could have some unintended consequences.

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June 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the best country
June 5, 2023
Measuring Global Well-Being

Looking at the global well-being metrics from the Social Progress Imperative, we can see 60 criteria that exclude GDP.

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