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February 16, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and bendy straws
February 16, 2018
The Problem With a Bendy Straw Law

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February 8, 2018
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February 8, 2018
The Surprising Reasons For Food Inequality

Whereas food inequality had been correlated to lack of availability and high prices, new research shows other reasons low income households eat more unhealthy food than those with more money.

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December 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
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Imagining a Marijuana Starbucks

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December 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and wine tariffs
December 19, 2017
Deciding If Wine Glass Size Matters

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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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December 13, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the limited edition drinks
December 13, 2017
Why a Starbucks Christmas Tree Frappuccino Has a Brief Life

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November 21, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
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How Our Tipping Behavior is Changing

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November 1, 2017
Poland's butter prices
November 1, 2017
The Mystery of France’s Disappearing Butter

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October 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and wine production
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A Tale of Wine and Weather

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October 25, 2017
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October 25, 2017
Undigestible Food (Studies)

Because of research replication issues and questionable data, many academic papers need more rigor from their authors and skepticism from their readers.

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October 4, 2017
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October 4, 2017
Why We Like Trix and Chips

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September 28, 2017
Trading Places and markets
September 28, 2017
A Florida Orange Juice Squeeze

On one side of the Florida orange industry, we have shrinking orange juice demand while on the other, citrus greening and Irma have struck.

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