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November 20, 2022
eliminating daylight saving time
November 20, 2022
What Will We Do Without the Leap Second?

Just like we have leap years, we've needed leap seconds to coordinate the earth's real rotation time with our atomic clocks.

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November 16, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and financial history deja vu
November 16, 2022
How Financial History Can Repeat Itself

Looking at 1907 and the current turmoil in cryptocurrency markets, we could be seeing a repeat of financial history.

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October 13, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chinese pigs
October 13, 2022
How To Make a Hog Happy

Extending far beyond hogs and animal welfare, National Pork Producers Council v. Ross is about state power.

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September 11, 2022
new British coins
September 11, 2022
How New British Coins Will Be Different

Looking at the history of British coins, we see a tradition that mandates the direction in which the image of the monarch faces.

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July 15, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and measuring mixups
July 15, 2022
When Measuring Mixups Are More Than Mishaps

When we do not clearly indicate if we are using the metric system or the Imperial System, then we could have catastrophic measuring mixups.

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June 7, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and conservation or development
June 7, 2022
How a Flamingo and a Bear Have the Same Problem

The conservation or development tradeoff for flamingos and bears shows us the complexities of environmental decisions.

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May 3, 2022
beef prices
May 3, 2022
The Surprising Reasons We Need Insurance

Because a cash prize or a Mercedes can be exceedingly expensive, charitable event planners buy prize indemnity insurance to hedge their risk.

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April 24, 2022
Fortnite's emote creators
April 24, 2022
How (Fortnite’s) It’s Complicated Became Complicated

The backpack kid is one of several emote creators who sued Fortnite because they believe they have copyright protection of their moves.

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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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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 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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