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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from shopping behavior and owning a color to new pizza boxes.
Friday's e-links: Today I recommend a new podcast series from Tim Harford who connects disparate examples of mistakes in each episode.
Propelled by Apple and Pizza Hut, new pizza box design could bring us takeout pizza whose taste and temperature weather a journey.
From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush, U.S. presidents have influenced Thanksgiving economics.
Lower turkey prices just before Thanksgiving are an economic mystery because a spike in demand is supposed to make products more expensive.
More than shopping nudges, e-commerce dark patterns are the deceptive and misleading tricks that pressure us into a purchase.
Hello Everyone-
I’m Elaine.
Having been in the classroom for decades, written three books (and some of a fourth one), I like to think about economics everywhere all the time. Every day, I’ve added a blog to econlife—now it has been almost 14 years and more than 4,000 posts. I am delighted that you are here and hope we can have some economic fun together.