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February 5, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and dividing taxes
February 5, 2019
How Boats and Cake Are Like Taxes

Whether deciding how to divide boats in Santa Barbara harbor, a cake, or tax revenue, fair distribution requires knowing what different people say is fair.

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January 10, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and driving behavior
January 10, 2019
Sweden’s Carbon Tax

Looking at Sweden's steadily rising carbon tax, we can ask what it is, what it does, and why the people accept so high a rate.

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September 12, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
September 12, 2017
What Technology Entrepreneurs Want From Government

With Silicon Valley being called a massive ATM, researchers looked at the opinions of elite technology entrepreneurs to see their political influence.

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March 7, 2015
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Weekly Roundup: From Fed Humor to the Wisdom of Warren Buffett

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January 11, 2015
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January 11, 2015
The Mystery of the Disappearing Workers

Partially reflecting more women in the labor force, the participation rate rose from the 1970s until recently but now the mystery is why it is falling.

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January 10, 2015
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January 10, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Drinking Behavior to Dating Decisions

This week's everyday economics involved 6 economists and such ideas as product differentiation, behavioral economics, marginal utility, price and trade.

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