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August 13, 2022
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August 13, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From iPhones to Cheerios

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from gender wage gap setbacks to billionaires.

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August 12, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and product placement
August 12, 2022
Where the Most Trusted Cereal is a Star

With advertisements easy to ignore, food and beverage companies are increasingly using TV product placement as a competitive strategy.

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August 11, 2022
Weekly Econommic News Roundup and pizza economics
August 11, 2022
How Italians Feel About Pineapple Pizza

Domino's, Mondelēz, and IKEA each had a different lessons to learn from their globalization decisions for Italy, China, and Saudi Arabia.

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August 10, 2022
economic news roundup and student loan facts
August 10, 2022
Why the Gender Wage Gap Doesn’t Disappear

Whether looking at accounting, the law, dentists, or Uber drivers, we remain unable to solve the problem of the gender wage gap.

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August 8, 2022
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August 8, 2022
The iPhone: What We Didn’t Know We Wanted

Discussing the impact of the iPhone on its 15th anniversary, its developers say there was a slew of unexpected results.

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August 6, 2022
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August 6, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Georgia Peaches to Chicken Sandwiches

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from peak inflation to ice cubes and airlines.

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August 4, 2022
Chicken economics
August 4, 2022
The New Chicken Sandwich Wars

With the 2022 battles in the fast food chicken sandwich wars, we have the traditional sandwiches from the 2019 war and new entries also.

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August 1, 2022
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August 1, 2022
Where the Peach Became More Than Fruit

About much more than a piece of fruit, peach history details how the market encouraged an entrepreneur to invent and develop a new product.

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July 30, 2022
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July 30, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Building Houses to Buying Yachts

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a bitcoin failure to a tariff problem.

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July 28, 2022
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July 28, 2022
Where Inconspicuous Consumption Is Rather Obvious

Although the number of gigayachts is multiplying, they represent the inconspicuous consumption that makes more wealth less obvious.

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July 27, 2022
economic news roundup and regressive tariffs
July 27, 2022
Why Tariffs Are Unfair

Hit harder by regressive tariffs, the poor pay more than the affluent because history has not been corrected.

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July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022
Why a Latte for the Loo Could Be a Problem

With the NYC debating a bill to increase the city's public bathrooms, we can see that the issue is about a lot more than the loo.

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