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September 23, 2025
Hamburger Helper and rising food prices
September 23, 2025
How Rising Food Prices Change Demand

Providing more insight, economists can use the determinants of demand to explain our response to rising food prices.

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July 18, 2022
baseball game prices
July 18, 2022
The Prices We Pay to See Our Team Play

Comparing baseball game prices for 1960 and 2022 for tickets, food, and parking, we can see a decline in affordability.

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April 20, 2022
the dual mandate
April 20, 2022
When $15.00 is really $19.03

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December 6, 2021
grocery prices
December 6, 2021
A (Temporary) Whopper of a Price Drop From Burger King

With the Whopper celebrating its 64th birthday, we can look back to how burger and grocery prices have changed since 1957.

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September 9, 2018
minimum wage hike
September 9, 2018
(Mc)Wages Around the U.S.

Complementing the averages in U.S. jobs reports, we can see much more variety through the wage rates paid by thousands of McDonald's around the country..

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July 19, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Apple in China
July 19, 2018
Deciding Where the iPhone X Is Most Expensive

Looking around the world, you might discover that iPhone X prices aren't the best indicator of where it is most expensive.

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