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May 30, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and invading ride-share markets
May 30, 2019
The Five Stars We Don’t Deserve

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May 29, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and branding Eswatini flag
May 29, 2019
Why the Name of a Country Is Its Brand

Like corporations, countries engage in branding when they change their name or try to influence what the world thinks about them and their products.

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May 22, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and New Coke
May 22, 2019
Why New Coke is Back

An innovative disaster, the introduction of New Coke in 1985 generated so massive a protest that no one ever thought it could return...until now.

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May 20, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and SUV emissions
May 20, 2019
The Surprising “Green” Side of the SUV

Based on a recent study, calculating the amount of air pollution we can blame on SUV emissions has just become a bit trickier.

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May 17, 2019
supermarket pricing power
May 17, 2019
What the Grocery Store Says About Us

More than a place to buy food, the grocery store says a lot more about the affluence from our GDP and our subjective well-being.

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May 10, 2019
Subway Footlong
May 10, 2019
The Rise and Fall of the Subway Five Dollar Footlong

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May 5, 2019
Economic News Roundup and food labels
May 5, 2019
Food Fights Over Cauliflower, Meat, and Milk

The farmers who produce rice, milk, and meat have sought to ban the food labels used by cauliflower rice, almond milk, and plant-based meat makers.

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April 26, 2019
cannabis and cookies
April 26, 2019
The Secret Reason We Want Our Thin Mints

Totally ignoring their taste, an economist would have a surprising reason that explains why we love our Girl Scout Cookies.

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April 18, 2019
Economic News Roundup and internet tax
April 18, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Standard Oil When We Look Forward to Amazon

#TBT: Today's Throwback Thursday looks back to why Standard Oil was divided into 34 companies by the Supreme Court in 1911 and then forward to Amazon.

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April 12, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and yogurt choice fatigue
April 12, 2019
How Shopping For Yogurt is Like Buying a Car

Recent research explains that our yogurt choice fatigue at the supermarket is rather similar to what we experience when buying a car.

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April 10, 2019
WNBA expansion
April 10, 2019
The Market Value of a College Sports Program

In addition to March Madness brackets, we could have used a college sports program valuation to rank the market value of each team.

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March 27, 2019
Weekly Economic New Roundup and a new restaurant
March 27, 2019
Two Ways to See a New Restaurant

While Kenji Lopez-Alt perceived his new restaurant through a food writer's lens, an economist would see it somewhat differently.

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