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November 30, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and garbage economics
November 30, 2017
When Garbage Is More Than Trash

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November 27, 2017
NYS sandwich taxes
November 27, 2017
Everything You Never Knew About the Sandwich

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November 22, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Thanksgiving dinner
November 22, 2017
Thanksgiving Top Ten List For 2017

Looking at our Thanksgiving meal through a turkey top ten list, you can see how economics is about so much more than money.

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November 8, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chinese consumers
November 8, 2017
Why China is Eating More Cranberries

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October 24, 2017
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October 24, 2017
How Brexit Could Change a Big Mac

The Brexit impact could include McDonald's Big Macs if the United Kingdom winds up with tariffs on cheddar cheese from Ireland.

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October 11, 2017
banana index from The Economist
October 11, 2017
A Big Banana Worry

We have huge banana worries because of a devastating fungal disease that has been wiping out banana crops in East Asia and beyond,

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September 21, 2017
inflation facts
September 21, 2017
What Your Phone Says About How You Spend Your Money

Knowing that statisticians suggest iPhone users tend to be more affluent than Android owners, we can hypothesize how their spending differs.

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August 17, 2017
McDonald's original french fries
August 17, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Best French Fries

#TBT Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the original McDonald's french fries that were made with beef tallow, we could say that the taste was worth the fat.

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August 8, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and the potato cartel
August 8, 2017
How Our French Fries Became More Expensive

When the price of your French fries increased during the past decade, one reason was a potato cartel that was rather similar to OPEC.

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August 1, 2017
egg prices
August 1, 2017
How Egg Markets Are Scrambled

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July 30, 2017
supermarket pricing power
July 30, 2017
How Transparency Transformed Food Shopping

When the development of cellophane let us have self-service shopping for meat and produce, it started a retailing revolution.

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July 26, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and giving up beef
July 26, 2017
The Downside of Eating Less Steak

Giving up steak takes you to an environmental decision that involves how much cows devour and what you eat instead of beef.

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