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February 1, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Super Bowl ads
February 1, 2024
How To Spend $7 Million

Slowing an upward march, the price of Super Bowl ads remained high as did their demand and probable return on a massive investment.

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December 13, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Shohei Ohtani economics
December 13, 2023
How the Fed Can Determine a Superstar’s Pay

When we look at Shohei Ohtani economics, we see how the time value of money relates to his $700 million pay package and to us.

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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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October 3, 2023
Adidas Siper-Shoe
October 3, 2023
How Super Shoes Shrink Elite Runners’ Race Time

Diminishing their race time, elite marathon runners wear state-of-the-art super shoes from Nike and Adidas.

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July 21, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and World Cup gender pay gap
July 21, 2023
How Pay and Boots Reflect the World Cup Gender Gap

Through Women's World Cup football, we can see how a male bias created a gender pay gap and shoe discomfort.

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July 9, 2023
small inventions
July 9, 2023
When Our Performance Peaks

Identifying when we achieve our peak physical and mental performance, researchers present hope for almost every age group.

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July 7, 2023
July 7, 2023
The Unexpected Sides of Pickleball

Reflecting the impact of a fast growing sport, pickleball economics takes us to a slew of unintended consequences.

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July 5, 2023
competitive eating
July 5, 2023
How to Gobble 62 Hot Dogs

Watching competitive eating at the annual Nathan's contest, we need an economic explanation to understand the results.

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June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
What Air Jordan Says About Capitalism

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April 21, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and golf gender gap
April 21, 2023
The Golf Gender Gap

Asking what is blocking women's access to the the C-suite, one of our answers could be the golf gender gap.

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March 19, 2023
WNBA expansion
March 19, 2023
Gender Inequity at March Madness

Looking at continuing March Madness gender inequity, we see how patriarchal systems make it difficult to change.

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March 3, 2023
slowing pizza sales
March 3, 2023
How To Think Outside the (Pizza) Box

Whether looking at pizza acrobatics or your local pizza restaurant, the goal of competition is product differentiation.

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