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December 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana prices
December 5, 2023
Why Marijuana Growers Need Bigger Markets

Whether looking at m arijuana growers or Arican truckers, we would see that bigger markets create hassle-free trade.

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November 19, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Chinese pigs
November 19, 2023
Where the U.S. China Trade Relationship Is Not Decoupling

Xi's dinner with Iowa farmers reminds us that the U.S. China trade relationship is not decoupling everywhere,

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November 7, 2023
economic news roundup and the Chinese consumer
November 7, 2023
The Message From the Chinese Consumer

Trickling down to the Chinese consumer through plunging home prices and youth unempllpyment, China's economic slowdown has a global reach.

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November 5, 2023
Apple in India
November 5, 2023
Looking at the Apple Pivot

Called the Apple pivot, reducing exposure to China and increasing production in India is just one example of global trade reallocation.

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November 2, 2023
banana consumption
November 2, 2023
How To Fight a Banana War

During the 1990s, fought with banana tariffs, the U.S. engaged in a war with the EU that the U.K. has continued.

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October 23, 2023
India's rice export ban
October 23, 2023
Why Is There a Run on Rice?

While India's rice export ban was supposed to help domestic consumers, the global impact rippled far beyond one country.

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August 27, 2023
giant pandas
August 27, 2023
The Price of Pandanomics

With the National Zoo's giant pandas soon departing, we can decide if their massive expense is worth their presence.

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August 23, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and a BRICS bank
August 23, 2023
What Do the BRICS Want to Build?

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August 11, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Russian boycott bacardi
August 11, 2023
Why Russia Still Has Rum

As one of several hundred companies not observing the Russian boycott, Bacardi was included in a list from the Yale School of Management.

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May 7, 2023
luxury economics
May 7, 2023
The Story of a Superfake Market

Called superfakes, the handbags that are sold in counterfeit markets are a surprisingly large participant in world trade.

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April 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Indigenous payback
April 5, 2023
Where Indigenous People Got Paid Back

In South Africa, recently, there was an indigenous repayment for the herbal tea that farmers now benefit commercially.

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January 24, 2023
South America common market
January 24, 2023
What Argentina Wants From Brazil

Enjoyed by the United States and 27 European nations, a common market could exist in South America if Brazil and Argentina initiate it.

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