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December 8, 2019
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December 8, 2019
Why It’s Tough to Make Stock Market Predictions

The long term increase of the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials misleadingly entices investors to believe that it's easy to make stock market predictions.

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December 5, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Prisoners' Dilemma
December 5, 2019
Why the U.S. China Trade War Is like An OPEC Meeting

The one similarity shared by the U.S. China Trade War, OPEC negotiations, and two burglars separated in jail is the Prisoners' Dilemma.

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December 3, 2019
Migrating Fish Fights
December 3, 2019
The Fights That Migrating Fish Fuel

When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.

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December 1, 2019
movie theater economics
December 1, 2019
Why Our Movie Theaters Will Change

When the Justice Department terminates a rule from approximately 70 years ago, movie industry economics could change what we see at local theaters.

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November 26, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and online shopping nudges
November 26, 2019
The Online Shopping Nudges We Should Ignore

More than shopping nudges, e-commerce dark patterns are the deceptive and misleading tricks that pressure us into a purchase.

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November 25, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and product recalls
November 25, 2019
Why Romaine Lettuce is Like a 737 Max

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November 24, 2019
future jobs
November 24, 2019
When Can T-Mobile Own Magenta?

Included in a long list of color trademarks, magenta belongs to T-Mobile but the precise hue and the industry where it's owned have been challenged.

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November 18, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
November 18, 2019
When Marijuana Causes a Car Crash

With recreational marijuana causing more car crashes, the police need a device that is comparable to the alcohol breathalyzer.

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November 14, 2019
tipping behavior
November 14, 2019
What Uber Can Teach Us About Tips

Looking at 40 million trips, researchers concluded that Uber's tips can be surprising because of the rider characteristics that determine how much.

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November 10, 2019
speeding tickets
November 10, 2019
The Best Way To Stop a Speeder

Typically involving a fine that could even relate to your affluence, a speeding ticket is usually about money but not necessarily in Estonia.

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November 8, 2019
Eliud Kipchoge
November 8, 2019
How U.S. Labor Productivity Relates to Nike’s Vaporflys

Whether looking at the marathon runners that wear Nike's Vaporfly sneakers or U.S. labor productivity, we can see the importance of capital innovation.

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November 3, 2019
Weekly Economic News RoundupDaylight Saving Time
November 3, 2019
Why It’s Time to Think More About the Time

Because of the benefits of perpetuating DST, we can eliminate the Standard Time switch and even leap to one universal time for everyone.

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