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May 15, 2019
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May 15, 2019
Who Is Likely to Live Alone?

For reasons that range from feminism to technology to urbanization, living alone in the United States has become increasingly typical.

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May 12, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
May 12, 2019
What Paternity Leave Can Do to Dads

With the popularity of paternity leave increasing, researchers wanted to know whether it influenced the number of children that fathers in Spain wanted.

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May 9, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and kitchen history
May 9, 2019
Throwback Thursday: What a Kitchen Says About Us

#TBT: Looking at kitchen history on this Throwback Thursday, we can decide what a new kitchen from the 1920s says about us.

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May 7, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and capitalism
May 7, 2019
Six Facts: The Impact of Capitalism

With the political debate gravitating toward socialism and capitalism, today we take a look at six facts that tell us about capitalism in four countries.

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May 1, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and street names
May 1, 2019
Where It Costs the Most and Least to Live

While we see similar tastes and shopping patterns in the world's most expensive cities, the reasons for a high and low cost of living vary.

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April 28, 2019
supermarket history
April 28, 2019
Why Your Inflation Rate is Different From Mine

Although the BLS reports the CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation rate each month, our own household could see different price changes.

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April 24, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and airplane inequality
April 24, 2019
A New Way to Look At Air Rage

Boarding […]

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April 5, 2019
Weekly economic news roundup and inconspicuous consumption
April 5, 2019
The Inconspicuous Consumption That Shouts Your Wealth

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April 1, 2019
Two Americas income pie
April 1, 2019
When You Don’t Want To Know Your Neighbor’s Income

Looking at Norway, a large bank, and the University of California, we see that transparency can make us care more about income inequality.

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March 29, 2019
aluminum cans Diet Coke
March 29, 2019
Where a Sugary Drink Tax Won’t Work

Looking at the Philadelphia sugary drinks tax, we would find it did not accomplish many of its goals in three major categories.

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March 25, 2019
de minimis exemption
March 25, 2019
What You Might Not Know About Cardboard Boxes

Easy to ignore, the quantity of cardboard boxes that we demand has soared because of the incentives created by Amazon Prime.

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March 14, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
March 14, 2019
What We Should Know About Gen Z

Just 7 to 22 years old, Generation Z has begun to exhibit characteristics that differentiate them from previous generations.

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