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April 6, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and invading ride-share markets
April 6, 2018
Why Uber and Best Buy Care About Your Customer Score More Than You Think

About much more than the buyer, a customer score helps ride providers like Uber and retailers like Best Buy use their resources more effectively.

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March 30, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and MLB stadium infield
March 30, 2018
What We Don’t Know About Dirt

MLB stadium infields might look like dirt but really, firms have competed to prove that their combination of clay, silt and sand is unique.

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March 25, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and occupational licensing
March 25, 2018
The Surprises That Occupational Licenses Create

Illustrated by a tooth whitening case at the U.S. Supreme Court and new research from Northwestern, the spread of occupational licensing could need further evaluation.

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March 13, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
March 13, 2018
Why It’s Tough for OPEC to Fight the Frackers

The OPEC nations are having a tough time deciding what oil price to target because it all depends on how U.S. shale oil producers will respond.

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March 6, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Millennials
March 6, 2018
How to Know If You Are a Millennial

Using a lens that divides us by generations, we can look more closely at Millennial characteristics to see how they differ from other age groups.

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March 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Maine's lobster exports
March 5, 2018
How a Steel Tariff Creates a Lobster Trap

As Canadian fisheries enjoy more business because a trade deal lowered the price of lobster exports, Maine's fisherman are suffering from lower sales.

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February 27, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and free trade for strawberries and chickens
February 27, 2018
What a Strawberry and a Chicken Say About Free Trade

More than governments negotiating agreements, free trade is about the variety of strawberries, chickens, pickup trucks and pencils that we can buy.

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February 25, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and :inflation rates and Lithuanian beer
February 25, 2018
The Hopportunity Cost of the Craft Beer Name Shortage

Craft brewery competition got tougher as the number of craft breweries went up and the number of available beer names went down.

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February 19, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and Maine lobster industry
February 19, 2018
The Lobster War Between Sweden and Maine

The future of North American lobster exports to the European Union was threatened when 32 "surly" reddish green lobsters were found in Scandinavian waters.

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December 15, 2017
PB&J sandwich rights
December 15, 2017
How Many Peanuts Are in Real Peanut Butter?

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November 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and coupon economics
November 19, 2017
Why There Is No Such Thing as a Free Coupon

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September 20, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Apple in China
September 20, 2017
Why We Buy Our iPhones

With its newest and priciest product launch, Apple has made iPhone conspicuous consumption the reason to buy their phone.

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