Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Losing an Island to Losing Weight

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from marijuana cash to disappearing islands.

How To Prevent an Island From Disappearing

When we plan on losing an island to climate change, we can select an alternative that will forever preserve it.

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Tacos to Top Ten Lists

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economics news roundup ranges from chewed up money to New Year’s resolutions.

How the Taco Tuesday Fight Ended

Deciding who could invite us to Taco Tuesday was finally legally settled after Taco Bell challenged the owners of the Taco Tuesday trademark.

The Top Ten Ways To Sound Like An Economist

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to sound more like an economist, you can use our top ten list of suggestions.

How Times Change

Determining all time changes, countries each decide how New Year’s celebrations ripple from one country to the next.

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Two Canals to One Movie

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from a top ten list to living with inflation.

The Afterlife of All We Return

Accepted as a normal part of online shopping, our return behavior is easy for us but is much more complex for sellers.

An Economist’s Top Ten List For Christmas

Through a Christmas Top Ten list, we can see how economics has the perfect lens for understanding our holiday behavior. Christmas Top Ten List 10. Social Norms Violating a social norm, a grandmother in Wales charges for her holiday meals.…

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Tasting Wine to Growing Shorter

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from war zone atms to comparing Santa and Amazon.