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November 24, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Broadway economics
November 24, 2021
How Broadway Shows Catch a Cost Disease

A basic part of Broadway economics is the "cost disease" that plays "catch" from higher wage industries that benefit from more productivity.

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November 21, 2021
Constitution auction
November 21, 2021
When a Cryptocurrency Almost Bought the Constitution

At Sotheby's Constitution auction, a billionaire from the traditional investing world competed with cryptocurrency newcomer ConstitutionDAO

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November 20, 2021
economic news roundup
November 20, 2021
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Toys to Tesla

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from too much garbage to too few chips.

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November 19, 2021
Economic news roundup and Thanksgiving meal turkeys
November 19, 2021
A Tale of Two Turkeys

From farms to grocery stores to the dining table, the Covid supply crunch has made Thanksgiving meal plans unpredictable.

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November 18, 2021
weekly economic news roundup and Bethel's junk
November 18, 2021
The City That Still Has to Keep Its Garbage

Whether looking at Bethel's junk or the earth, we see a finite area from which it is tough to haul away all of the garbage.

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November 17, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and dynamic pricing
November 17, 2021
The Chips We Love and Hate

As supply chain problems continue, we will see fewer chips from Doritos and also from the auto manufacturers that need chips for car options.

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November 16, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
November 16, 2021
How Gender Parity Starts With Toys and Ends in the Executive Suite

Empowering women, gender parity in California's toy aisles could ripple to MBA programs and the top of the corporate suite.

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November 15, 2021
COP26 carbon footprint
November 15, 2021
An Unexpected Carbon Footprint at the Global Climate Summit

Displaying how tough it is to be "green," the carbon footprint at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit was not carbon neutral.

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November 13, 2021
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November 13, 2021
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Locavores to Shrinkflation

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Raisinet boxes to infrastructure bridges.

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November 12, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and flawed emissions data
November 12, 2021
COP26 Flawed Emissions Data

At the heart of climate policy, we have the COP26 worldwide forum coping with flawed emissions data that they cannot correct.

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November 11, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Raisinets slack fill
November 11, 2021
The Mystery of the Missing Raisinets

Consumers have been filing multi-million dollar class action suits for the slack fill that makes candy and chip packaging misleading.

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November 10, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and shrinkflation
November 10, 2021
Where Shrinkflation Is Retail Camouflage

Concerned that inflation might reduce sales, the remedy is shrinkflation through which food makers reduce package size.

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