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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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December 4, 2023
Arthur Ashe Stadium
December 4, 2023
Why Sports Stadiums Create Dilemmas

Like all sports projects, renovating Arthur Ashe Stadium requires choosing between most fans and the minority that brings the most revenue.

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December 3, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and fast food value meal
December 3, 2023
How McDonald’s Built a Better Burger

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December 2, 2023
economic news roundup
December 2, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Cranberries to Mackerel

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from investing advice to prison currency.

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December 1, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup andcost of climate policy
December 1, 2023
How Cost Can Change Climate Policy

With COP28 having begun, we can ask if the delegates are comparing marginal decisions about the cost of climate policy to its benefits.

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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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November 25, 2023
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November 25, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Chinese Pigs to U.S. Turkeys

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a junk food tax to feeding refugees.h

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November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving top ten list
November 23, 2023
How a Behavioral Economist Explains Our Thanksgiving Meal

Through a Thanksgiving Top Ten List, we can use behavioral economics to explain what we eat and how much we eat during the holiday.

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November 22, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Colombia's junk food tax
November 22, 2023
Where a Junk Food Tax Will Limit What We Eat

Hoping to encourage healthy eating habits and less obesity, Colombia has a junk food tax on ultra-processed food and sugary drinks.

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November 21, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and turkey
November 21, 2023
The Many Sides of a Turkey

We can use Thanksgiving dinner, and especially the turkey, to see how inflation has affected recent food prices.

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November 20, 2023
Ukrainian food distribution
November 20, 2023
How To Prepare Three Tons of Food

In Krakow, Poland, hundreds of voluteers implement Ukrainian food distribution by using Adam Smith's division of labor.

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November 20, 2023
econlife: Thanksgiving economics
November 20, 2023
Econlife Quiz: Do You Know Your Thanksgiving Economics?

Having tired of talking turkey at your Thanksgiving dinner, you could give everyone the latest econlife quiz: Do You Know Your Thanksgiving Economics?

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