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August 2, 2026
AI expansion
August 2, 2026
When AI Meets the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Although tech companies are increasingly worried about AI development, they won't hit a pause buttom because of the prisoner's dilemma.

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June 25, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and laundry detergent innovation
June 25, 2026
Why We Need a New Laundry Detergent

As a typical oligopoly, Tide tries to continue dominating its market through laundry detergent innovation.

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April 27, 2026
small inventions
April 27, 2026
When a Chair Is More Than a Place to Sit

While a chair gripper, inflatable chairs, or a drywall nail are small inventions, their economic impact can be massive.

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January 9, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supply chip crunch
January 9, 2026
Why AI Could Cause a Chip Crunch

With AI's HBM (high-bandwidth memory) using 6 times as many chips as DRAM (the memory in most electronics), we could have a supply crunch.

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November 30, 2025
Where To Find the AI In Our Lives | econlife
November 30, 2025
Where To Find the AI In Our Lives

Hoping to figure out where to find AI in our everyday lives, we would be surprised by the length of our locations list.

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October 22, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and apple history
October 22, 2025
How the Honeycrisp Became a Mother

Hearing about apple's research and development, we might think about a phone or tablet but we should also remember the fruit.

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October 21, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and umbrella entrepreneurs
October 21, 2025
How to Be an Umbrella Entrepreneur

While they started with a good idea, two umbrella entrepreneurs also needed to figure out the right business model.

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October 5, 2025
The Small Inventions That Make a Huge Difference | econlife
October 5, 2025
The Small Inventions That Make a Huge Difference

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August 4, 2025
peanut research
August 4, 2025
How a Better Peanut Was About More Than An M&M

Faced with a taste problem, M&M needed peanut research to develop a new peanut that had a vast array of requisites.

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April 27, 2025
creative destruction entrepreneurs' stories
April 27, 2025
The Stories That Entrepreneurs Tell

Ice, short term rentals, and online shoes show us how entrepreneurs' stories raise money for seemingly bad business ideas.

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March 25, 2025
economic innovation
March 25, 2025
When a Small Island Has Big Ideas

Sometimes the land, labor, and capital from a small Caribbean island can reflect the big ideas that fuel economic innovation.

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January 3, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Popeye Public Domain
January 3, 2025
Where Popeye Is a Scary Sailor Man

Joined by a slew of books, films, and cartoons that entered the public domain on January 1st, Popeye might become a new kind of sailor.

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