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September 17, 2025
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September 17, 2025
Why China’s Meat Consumption is Changing

Like other increasingly wealthy and older countries, a changing demographic will reshape China's meat consumption.

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September 13, 2025
economic news roundup
September 13, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Coffee Cafes to Shea Nuts

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from measuring economic misery to French fries.

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September 9, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and crunchy French fries
September 9, 2025
What We Need To Know About Crunchy French Fries

With concerns that range from its potatoes' length to their frying temperature, McDonald's has always worried about crunchy French fries.

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September 8, 2025
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September 8, 2025
Why Luckin Bought An Island

Looking at New York City, we see increasing coffee competition in the United States for Starbucks with Luckin's arrival.

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September 7, 2025
Nigeria's shea nuts
September 7, 2025
Why Nigeria Has a Shea Nut Problem

Trying to boost female income and inadequate industrial capacity, Nigeria's shea nuts won't be exported for six months.

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September 6, 2025
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September 6, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Mileage Metrics to Ethiopian Electricity

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Anguilla's lucrative url to buoy removal.

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September 3, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and impact of electrification
September 3, 2025
How a New Dam Gives Ethiopia Power

To see the potential impact of electrification and its complexities, we can look at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

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September 2, 2025
Anguila's AI url
September 2, 2025
Where the AI Domain Became a Moneymaker

Reflecting the benefits of standardization, the random assignment of a domain for the URL of a small island became a massive moneymaker.

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August 30, 2025
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August 30, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Small Packages to Big Tariffs

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Federal Reserve independence to food waste.

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August 27, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and food waste
August 27, 2025
Why, Where, and How We Waste Food

Varying from state to state, the expiration dates on our food create the incentive to waste massive amounts of what we buy.

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August 26, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and longer summers
August 26, 2025
What Longer Summers Will Cost Us

Not necessarily giving us more vacation, instead, longer summers at the beginning and end, just have extra costly days that are hot.

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August 23, 2025
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August 23, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Burp Taxes to Oreo Packages

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from child care costs to coffee tariffs.

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