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April 6, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and food waste
April 6, 2022
Why California Will Send Less To Landfills

With our landfills filling, California's SB 1383 has taken a huge leap toward encouraging 39 million people to recycle their organic waste.

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April 5, 2022
wartime zoos
April 5, 2022
How a Sedative Helped an Elephant in Kyiv

Looking at wartime zoos, we see how animals are comforted, supplies are stocked, and staff fights the war by remaining.

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April 1, 2022
lWeekly Economic News Roundup and ength of the day and earth's rotation
April 1, 2022
The Global Economic Outlook

Through three charts that together illustrate the global economic outlook, we can use the wisdom of the crowd to predict the future.

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March 30, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 30, 2022
Where (and When) Do Women Earn More?

Whereas a Pew report says that young women's gender pay gap has disappeared in 22 metropolitan areas, the whole story is not quite as good.

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March 21, 2022
economic news roundup and warning labels
March 21, 2022
The Dilemma That Comes With a Warning Label

The warning label creates a supply and demand dilemma because producers want you to read all of it...but not really.

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March 11, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and self-service gasoline stations
March 11, 2022
The Service Side of Gasoline Prices

With gasoline prices above the national average in New Jersey and Oregon, we can ask if their full service gas stations are one reason.

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March 8, 2022
household responsibilitiesand household production
March 8, 2022
Looking at the Invisible Work That Women Do

Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.

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March 7, 2022
Russia's debt downgrade
March 7, 2022
The ABCs of Russia’s Debt Downgrade

Reflecting a standardized system, the letters from the major ratings agencies that signaled Russia's debt downgrade indicated a speedy plunge.

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March 4, 2022
economic news roundup and animal rights Happy elephant
March 4, 2022
Why An Elephant Should Be a Person

Extending animal rights, the New York State court system can decide that Happy the elephant is a nonhuman person.

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February 16, 2022
economic news roundup and return to work
February 16, 2022
What We Can Learn From Lunch

As Covid restrictions and precautions subside and we return to work, we can ask how normal the four day workweek will become.

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February 10, 2022
carbon footprint
February 10, 2022
Why the SEC Will Look For Carbon Footprints

Because of the need for more accuracy and standardization, the SEC is working on the corporate GHG emissions reports that it will require.

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February 9, 2022
lWeekly Economic News Roundup and ength of the day and earth's rotation
February 9, 2022
How Do U.S. Jobs Markets Compare to Other Countries?

Using OECD data, when we compare U.S. jobs markets to other countries, the U.S. fares pretty well with quantity but not as much for quality.

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