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May 31, 2015
Everyday economics for too many decisions
May 31, 2015
How McDonald’s Creates Choice Fatigue

Default or shortcut options become more attractive when decision making takes too much energy because of choice fatigue.

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May 30, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
May 30, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Apple’s Chimes to Boston’s Olympics

Our everyday economics includes innovation, incentives, environment, regulation, gender,monopolistic competition, oligopoly ,intellectual property and cost,

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May 29, 2015
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May 29, 2015
The Cost of Hosting the Olympics

As with most mega-projects, 2024 Olympic spending is likely to exceed projected costs and provide fleeting glory for any city that hopes to be a host.

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May 28, 2015
Weekly Economic News Roundup and music catalog monetization
May 28, 2015
The Sounds That Can Sell a Product

For monopolistic competition and oligopoly, firms can achieve product differentiation through sounds that are associated with one good or service.

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May 27, 2015
Everyday economics and cartoon messages
May 27, 2015
How Feminists Should Feel About New Yorker Cartoons

Stereotypical depictions of women in cartoons reinforces an expectations bias that men are authority figures while women are parents.

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May 25, 2015
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May 25, 2015
Why Money Might Not Motivate Us

Investigating intrinsic and extrinsic incentives, researchers have explained why money does not always promote positive performance.

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May 23, 2015
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May 23, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Slicing Bread to Saving Honeybees

Our everyday economics includes behavioral economics, commitment devices, environment, supply, regulation, free trade, gender issues and the minimum wage.

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May 21, 2015
Everyday economics and the impact of Wonder Bread
May 21, 2015
What Bread Says About Women

Through the industrialization of just one slice of bread, we can see the history of the U.S. economy since the beginning of the 20th century.

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May 16, 2015
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May 16, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Steak Patents to Marijuana Taxes

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May 14, 2015
everyday economics and steak patents
May 14, 2015
The Difference Between a Cheese Steak and a Designer Dress

Classified as intellectual property, a new cut of meat and a new dress design are viewed differently by patent and trademark laws.

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May 13, 2015
Everyday economics and the Social Security Disability Insurance trust fund
May 13, 2015
Why the Social Security Crisis Has Begun

Caused by aging baby boomers, expanded criteria and the remnants of the great recession, SSDI entitlement spending is approaching insolvency.

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May 10, 2015
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May 10, 2015
The Happiness Gap Between Parents and Non-Parents

Although highly educated women have started having more children, academic studies indicate that children do not necessarily help our subjective well-being.

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