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August 13, 2024
Disaster costs
August 13, 2024
Where a Brown M&M Is More Than a Snack

While we associate money with most job negotiations, sometimes we create contractual surprises that are non-financial.

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July 30, 2024
property rights in the air
July 30, 2024
Why We Should Worry About Who Owns the Air

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July 17, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and rent caps
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Why Rent Caps Have Tradeoffs

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July 15, 2024
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What Is the Food Delivery Tipping Point?

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July 12, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and TSA regulations
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How To Decide If We Want Airport Security

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July 10, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Greece length of the workweek
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Where a Six-Day Workweek Is What Workers Want

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July 2, 2024
childcare workers
July 2, 2024
Where Supply and Demand Won’t Work

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July 1, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
July 1, 2024
Is Koala Kare Harming You?

Like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, Koala Kare (baby changing stations) dominates its market but it might be a good monopoly.

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June 25, 2024
food delivery
June 25, 2024
The Downside of a Gig Worker Pay Boost

When a municipality wants to do good by boosting gig worker pay, it discovers there could be unintended consequences.

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June 13, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and leaf blower problems
June 13, 2024
How to Solve a Leaf Blower Problem

Because the leaf blower problem relates to the environment and to money, for decades, it has been tough to solve.

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June 5, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Right Whale Slow Zones
June 5, 2024
Why a Right Whale Slow Zone Is Like Less Mining in Alaska

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June 3, 2024
household carbon emissions
June 3, 2024
Is the Middle Class Still Shrinking?

Having seen, last year, that the middle class was shrinking, we can ask now if there still is increasingly less in the middle.

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