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May 30, 2021
economic news roundup and the Apple Epic court case
May 30, 2021
An Epic Disagreement Between Apple and Fortnite

In the Epic v. Apple legal battle, the court may have to decide whether to upset the power that Apple has through its app store.

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May 28, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and interstate migration
May 28, 2021
Where and Why We Move

Where and why we move takes us to our migration patterns, to our transportation infrastructure, and to truck driver shortages.

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May 25, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
May 25, 2021
How Courts Handle Cannabis Copycats

When a marijuana edibles company tries to parody the name of a well known candy brand, it can expect to wind up in court.

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May 24, 2021
losing leap seconds
May 24, 2021
When a Tap Told the Time

Undergoing structural change, the 19th century British economy had the problem of factory workers that could not afford alarm clocks.

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May 19, 2021
credit card interest rate caps
May 19, 2021
The Surprising Side of Our Pandemic Spending

Comparing consumer spending for higher and low income households, we might be surprised by which ones rebounded sooner.

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May 11, 2021
S&P 500 bull markets
May 11, 2021
How Stock Market Performance Responds to Social Unrest

While investors are right when they express concern that stock market performance reacts to social unrest, the response varies.

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May 4, 2021
Amazon web services
May 4, 2021
What We Might Not Know About Big Tech

Comparing the companies called big tech, we can see the similar ways that they grew, diversified, and became increasingly powerful.

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April 9, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and choosing a movie
April 9, 2021
How Password Sharing Is Similar to (Airplane Seat) Recline Rage

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April 8, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Heinz Covid shortages
April 8, 2021
What We Can Learn From a Ketchup Packet

The Covid shortages of Heinz ketchup packets show us that less of a tomato spread is about a lot more than a condiment.

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April 5, 2021
beer shortages
April 5, 2021
Why Trappist Beer Needs More Monks

Around for more than two centuries, the Belgian beer made in Trappist monasteries needs more monks to produce it.

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March 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and rising sea levels
March 30, 2021
The Picture of a Tourism Collapse

Looking at Covid and the Caribbean islands, we would see the massive impact of a tourism collapse on their economies.

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March 24, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and license plate economics
March 24, 2021
The Economic Side of a License Plate

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