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February 22, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
February 22, 2024
Where Women Pay the Motherhood Penalty

Knowing there is a global motherhood penalty that has not been quantitatively confirmed, scholars recently expanded the numbers.

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January 29, 2024
invisible labor
January 29, 2024
Lost Luggage Finders and Other Invisible labor

Looking closely at everyday activities, we would see the invisible labor that many of us rarely recognize.

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January 16, 2024
how we spend money
January 16, 2024
Why We Want a New Kind of Ice

Knowing that we can find entrepreneurs in the most unexpected places, we should look in Dubai's bars for glacial ice cubes.

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October 31, 2023
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October 31, 2023
Where Less Work Is More Productive

Seeing a UAW settlement, we can ask how the length and productivity of the United States workweek compares to other OECD nations.

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October 22, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
October 22, 2023
How Supermarkets Boost What We Buy

Looking at a century of supermarket history, we would see how, using carts, bar codes, and self checkout they tried to boost what we buy.

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September 25, 2023
Tesla charging station
September 25, 2023
How the 1930s UAW Strike Is Like Today

Comparing two UAW strikes, we can see that the 1930s and 2023 are really not that different when we look at a changing economy.

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September 24, 2023
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September 24, 2023
Why Starbucks Needs Henry Ford

With the Starbucks Latte menu, success has the potential for failure because the more they make, the longer customers have to wait.

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September 7, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and younger working women
September 7, 2023
How Women Surprised Economists

Surprising economists, after pandemic lows, the number of working women in the labor force with young children went up.

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September 5, 2023
honeybee mystary and colony collapse disorder
September 5, 2023
The Truck Accident That Released Five Million Bees

Opening a bag of almonds, we can recognize the millions of bees owned by commercial pollinators that made our snack possible.

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September 4, 2023
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September 4, 2023
The Highly Skilled Labor We Rarely Think About

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August 20, 2023
India's economic. constraint
August 20, 2023
Where Women Should Work

Ensnared in a patrilineal trap, that constrains potential production, India has many fewer women in the labor force.

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August 2, 2023
Everyday economics and Why We Need Trophy Hunting
August 2, 2023
When the Women Did the Hunting

Reconsidering archeological evidence from ancient hunter gatherer societies, scientists have been surprising us.

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