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August 28, 2022
Iranian women
August 28, 2022
Why Iranian Female FIFA Fans Are Smiling

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August 27, 2022
economic news roundup
August 27, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Student Loans to Big Macs

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from misleading GDPs to global inequality.

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August 26, 2022
big Mac prices
August 26, 2022
What We Can Learn From a Big Mac

Through its twice-yearly Big Mac Index, The Economist shows us what we can learn locally and globally from burger economics.

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August 25, 2022
economic news roundup and student loan facts
August 25, 2022
What We (Might) Need To Know About Student Loans

Student loan facts can help us to better understand the Biden administration's decision to provide loan forgiveness with a $10,000 cap.

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August 23, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
August 23, 2022
A New Way To Measure the GDP

We can identify new GDP facts about size and wellbeing by seeing the GDP through the PPP lens of the International Comparison Program.

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August 22, 2022
happiness and global income
August 22, 2022
Economic Inequality…or Equality?

Comparing global wealth, we arrive at different conclusions about the size of the gap because we use different metrics.

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August 20, 2022
economic news roundup
August 20, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Springsteen Tickets to Rwanda’s Trucks

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from population peaking to sovereign debt.

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August 18, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and EV sound design
August 18, 2022
What a Sound Says About the Economy

Listening to our city streets and even food noises, we can say that sound design provides clues about our economy.

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August 17, 2022
economic news roundup and agricultural productivity
August 17, 2022
How Have Our Chickens Changed?

With the world's population growing and what we eat changing, we need to continue boosting our agricultural productivity.

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August 16, 2022
Rwanda's cold chain
August 16, 2022
What the OX Adds to Rwanda’s Cold Chain

Much more than an ice box, a refrigerator is a link in the cold chain that countries like Rwanda want to join.

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August 15, 2022
high and low birth rates
August 15, 2022
Are We Near Peak Population?

While we know that soon the world will have eight billion people, the debate continues about when we will reach peak population.

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August 14, 2022
Springsteen ticket prices
August 14, 2022
How Bruce Springsteen Should Price His Platinum Tickets

Rather than objecting to some very high Springsteen ticket prices, fans should recognize the economic ideas that justify them.

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