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January 4, 2022
conservation or development
January 4, 2022
From Development or Conservation to Fat Bears and Big Trees

Thinking of Alaska's development or conservation tradeoff, we can just imagine fat bears and 180 foot trees.

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January 2, 2022
New Year's Top Ten List
January 2, 2022
New Year’s Resolution: Top Ten Ways to Sound Like an Economist

If your New Year's resolution is to sound more like an economist, you can use our top ten list of suggestions.

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January 1, 2022
economic news roundup
January 1, 2022
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Candle Complaints to Hot Dog Questions

Connecting economics, current events, and history, our economic news roundup ranges from a mystery Olympic line-up to gift giving costs.

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December 31, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and trendy food history
December 31, 2021
How to Decide if a Hot Dog Is a Sandwich

The hot dog in a bun becomes more than a meal when sandwich classification determines if it's taxed and who can compete.

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December 30, 2021
U.S. China trade relationship
December 30, 2021
Checking On China: US-China Phase One Trade Tracker 2021

Looking at the Peterson Institute's 2021 numbers for the first phase of the US-China Trade Deal, we can see if the agreement is working.

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December 29, 2021
alphabetical order matters
December 29, 2021
When Alphabetical Order Matters

Ranging from the Olympics to scholarly papers and with everything in between, alphabetical order is an equalizer.

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December 28, 2021
James Webb telescope deployment
December 28, 2021
How the James Webb Space Telescope Takes Us Back Billions of Years and Billions of Dollars

In so many different ways, ranging from time to money, the James Webb Telescope is about billions of years and dollars.

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December 27, 2021
gift giving
December 27, 2021
A Return to the Downside of Gift Giving

During the holiday season, our gift giving might have less value than we expect because recipients engage in preference falsification.

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December 25, 2021
economic news roundup
December 25, 2021
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From More Money to Less Bread

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from shipping delays to the power of big people.

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December 24, 2021
Weekly economic news roundup and rising restaurant costs
December 24, 2021
Wondering What Happened to the Bread

With rising restaurant costs for food and labor, we will be seeing different menus and wondering what happened to the bread.

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December 23, 2021
Zimbabwe's inflation
December 23, 2021
Why Zimbabwe Laundered Money

With a renewed need to launder tattered U.S.dollar bills, we have the return of Zimbabwe inflation and their problematic monetary policy.

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December 22, 2021
Sant's delivery schedule
December 22, 2021
Comparing Santa and UPS

Whether it's what Santa does in 31 hours or the route of a UPS driver, comparing Santa Claus and UPS shows the holiday's challenges.

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