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March 21, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and world's happiest countries
March 21, 2025
Why the Happiest Countries Might Not Be So Happy

With the newest report on the world's happiest countries, we can decide if we agree with the reasons that lift countries to the top.

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March 20, 2025
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March 20, 2025
Why Immigration Economics Can Take Us To Milk and Sugar

While immigration economics can be debatable, we can focus on facts and ideas that return us to a Parsi legend.

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March 19, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and too hot fast food
March 19, 2025
Why a McNugget Is Like Coffee and Tea

For their fast food beverages, McDonald's and Starbucks have had problems with coffee and tea temperatures.

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March 18, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Social Security COLAS
March 18, 2025
What We Need to Know to Fix Social Security

When we talk about fixing Social Security, like all government efficiency, we need to know the numbers, the impact, and the tradeoffs.

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March 16, 2025
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March 16, 2025
Where to Find Egg Smuggling

At the Mexican border, in addition to drugs, egg smuggling has grabbed the attention of border patrol officers.

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March 15, 2025
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March 15, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Taxing Bats to Building Skyscrapers

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from changing times to changing the GDP.

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March 13, 2025
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March 13, 2025
A New Stadium For Manchester United

Like most mega projects, the Manchester United proposal for a new £2 billion, 100,000 seat stadium sounds irresistible.

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March 12, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Trump aluminum tariff
March 12, 2025
Where the Aluminum Tariff Hits a Baseball Bat

Affecting the bats that teams choose, the aluminum tariff can have an unpredictable and unproductive impact on baseball.

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March 10, 2025
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March 10, 2025
Why a Stove in the Kitchen Is Like the Government in the GDP

Responding to a Trump administration proposal, economists say keeping the GDP with a government component is crucial.

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March 9, 2025
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March 9, 2025
What We Need To Know About Time

Easy to ignore, facts about time can reveal how we allocate activities, how countries coordinate, and our tradeoffs.

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March 8, 2025
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March 8, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Income to Tariffs

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the baskball gender pay gap to unceratinty.

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March 5, 2025
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March 5, 2025
Why What We Eat Matters

Looking at different nations, we see that what we eat requires a vast amount of resources in some places but not in others.

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