Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Elmo Stickers to Pumpkin Slingshots

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes tortoise metrics, pumpkin slingshot prices, and cheese worries.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Bad Research to Good Health

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes middle class meanings, tomato controversies, and the 1987 crash.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Solar Power to Driving Power

Weekly Roundup         Sunday 10.08.17 Why we need more sleep… Monday 10.09.17 Puerto Rico’s Elon Musk solution… Tuesday 10.10.17 The nudge that won the Nobel… Wednesday 10.11.17 Where the banana is like a dinosaur… Thursday 10.12.17 The power…

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Healthy Food to Fat Taxes

Weekly Roundup                       Sunday 10.01.17 Deciding if a fat tax will make us thin…               Monday 10.02.17 The problem with the Twitter  stock predictor…  …

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Less Orange Juice to More Restaurants

Weekly Roundup                   Sunday 09.24.17 The countries with the best healthcare systems…                   Monday 09.25.17 Why restaurants are disappearing…          …

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Emoji Designers to iPhone Buyers

Weekly Roundup                     Sunday 09.17.17 Why India’s farmers like U.S. frackers…               Monday 09.18.17 Where emojis come from…              …

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Job Losers to Lottery Winners

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes aspirational foods, Kenya’s plastic bags and lottery winners.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From High Ratings to Low Premiums

Weekly News Roundup​        Sunday 09.03.17 The origin of the cheap airline ticket… Monday 09.04.17 Seeing the jobs that are invisible…       Tuesday 09.05.17 When price gouging is good…               Wednesday 09.06.17…

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From a Lower Minimum Wage to a Higher Debt Ceiling

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes disaster economics, Hamilton tickets, and parental leave.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Fast Eaters to Slow Traders

Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes Wall Street traders, Coney Island eaters and college athletes.