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July 22, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free parking and parking meters
July 22, 2018
The Huge Impact of a Rather Irritating Invention

While the cost of free parking in New York City is rather huge, it can be offset by what was a seemingly insignificant and irritating innovation.

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July 20, 2018
small inventions
July 20, 2018
What to Expect from an Older Entrepreneur

hy Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Are Older Than We Expect

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July 19, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Apple in China
July 19, 2018
Deciding Where the iPhone X Is Most Expensive

Looking around the world, you might discover that iPhone X prices aren't the best indicator of where it is most expensive.

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July 17, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and egg price fixing
July 17, 2018
Comparing Eggs to Bananas

By dividing the CPI into goods and services that can and cannot be traded, we can see the impact of trade on price changes.

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July 16, 2018
traffic lights and Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
July 16, 2018
How Traffic Lights Relate to Adam Smith

When no traffic lights on the island of Nantucket has created good will among strangers, it also might show the limits of Adam Smith's laissez-faire.

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July 15, 2018
Phillies as an economic indicator
July 15, 2018
What You Don’t See When You Watch a Baseball Game

Those vendors that sell us hot dogs, peanuts, and Coke at a ball game are thinking about a lot more than the food and the score.

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July 13, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mattress bubble
July 13, 2018
Awakening the Mattress Industry

Disrupting traditionally sleepy mattress markets, now we can buy beds-in-a-box online and visit countless mattress stores at local malls.

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July 12, 2018
https://econlife.com/2026/09/urban-fertility/urban fertility
July 12, 2018
Still More on the Mommy Penalty

Two new papers have looked more closely at the mommy penalty and even identified how women who have no children are affected.

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July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018
The Impact of a Bee Sting on Your Big Mac

The market's message from bee pollination prices has minimized the impact of colony collapse disorder (CCD) on our Big Mac.

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July 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and and Brexit progress
July 5, 2018
A Brexit To Do List

Ranging from from border infrastructure to a divorce bill, a Brexit To Do List can be given a Readiness Score that shows their negotiating progress.

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July 3, 2018
Weekly Economy News Roundup and basketball winners and losers
July 3, 2018
Why Superstar Salaries Are So High

Seeing that LeBron James has a four-year $154 million deal, we can ask what makes superstar salaries for athletes so high.

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July 1, 2018
news roundup and traders
July 1, 2018
Why Wall Street Might Care About Femtoseconds

Whether looking at the nineteenth century or now, Wall Street has always had fast traders who knew how to get the news before their competitors.

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