Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Fortnite to FOLO

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from safety signs to product placement.

January 2022 Friday’s e-links: Enjoying Encanto

Our January 2022 e-links continue with my recommendation for an injection of pleasure through the new Disney animated film, Encanto.

The Mystery of the Missing Raisinets

Consumers have been filing multi-million dollar class action suits for the slack fill that makes candy and chip packaging misleading.

August 2021 Friday’s e-links: A Feel Good Film

Our August e-links continue with “Coda,” a film that was a prizewinner at Sundance and truly a feel good experience we need in today’s world.

Back to the Future: Standard Oil and Amazon?

Today’s “Back to the Future” looks back to the 1911 Standard Oil Supreme Court breakup decision and then at Amazon’s antitrust concerns.

How Reese’s Pieces Are Like Ray-Bans

With tectonic shifts in the TV and film business, movie product placement has remained a dependable marketing tool.

April 2021 Friday’s e-links: An Apostrophe, One Paper, and Three Podcasts

For April’s e-links, we look at an apostrophe and an AP exam problem, and podcasts that range from a movie analysis to a snakebite story.

April 2021 Friday’s e-links: Two Podcasts, One Movie, and An Exam Problem

For April’s e-links, we look at an AP exam problem and podcasts that range from a movie analysis to the story of a deadly snakebite.

April 2021 Friday’s e-links: From a Rembrandt to a Snake Bite and a Margin Call

For April’s e-links, our three podcasts range from an analysis of the movie “Margin Call,” to a deadly snake bite, to validating a Rembrandt.

When a Scotch Egg Is Like an Apple (iPad)

Sometimes regulatory incentives can have consequences that make a Scotch egg in the U.K. and an Apple iPad in the U.S. similar.