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December 27, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and avian flu
December 27, 2024
Why We Need Chicken Nuggets

About much more than a bird, chicken economics follows the development and production path that most products follow.

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October 28, 2024
innovative products and services
October 28, 2024
An Innovation That Deserves Respect

Lists of innovative goods and services need to be accompanied by stories of items we take for granted like the nail.

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October 27, 2024
small inventions
October 27, 2024
Six Facts: Global Innovation leaders

Including some surprises in its 133 nation list, the 2024 Global Innovation Index names innovation leaders.

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July 28, 2024
cold chain
July 28, 2024
How Freezing Some Fish Transformed the World

After one man discovered how to freeze some fish, he created a cold chain that transformed countless lives and industries.

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July 22, 2024
elevator economics
July 22, 2024
How Elevators (Do and Don’t) Give Us a Lift

Taken for granted, since the mid-nineteenth century, the ups and downs of elevator economics have affected our economy. In addition, we do not have enough elevators. Attributed to the labor and regulatory cost of elevators, the U.S. needs more:

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June 19, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Fast Food AI
June 19, 2024
How Fast Food AI Can Make Us Laugh

While fast food AI can make us laugh through mistaken voice orders, as a part of a bigger innovation process, it also can impress us.

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May 10, 2024
small inventions
May 10, 2024
Where Billionaires Live With Income Equality

Looking at the number of Sweden's billionaires and the country's income equality, we could become somewhat puzzled.

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March 21, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Public Restrooms
March 21, 2024
The Significance of a Tiny Pineapple

As a dessert or snack for singles households, the new Del Monte Honeyglow mini pineapple is about much more than fruit.

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January 15, 2024
history of hydration
January 15, 2024
Why We Might Not Want Our Water Bottle

Although thirst became less of a reason to drink more water, we were drinking more of it after inventing hydration.

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November 27, 2023
cranberry innovation
November 27, 2023
Why We Need Cranberry Innovation

Unprofitable after The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959, Ocean Spray's cranberry innovation initiatives helped it survive and then thrive.

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October 22, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
October 22, 2023
How Supermarkets Boost What We Buy

Looking at a century of supermarket history, we would see how, using carts, bar codes, and self checkout they tried to boost what we buy.

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September 29, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicle charging stationeconomics
September 29, 2023
The Demise of the Gas Station

Looking at gas station economics now and in the future, we see electric vehicle (EV) chargers as an existential threat.

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