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Weekly Economic News Roundup and a new kilogram measurment

The Market System

Why the Kilogram Had to Change

To become more accessible and accurate, a new kilogram has been developed that that is based on ideas rather than an object.

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Weekly Roundup: From Apple’s Chimes to Boston’s Olympics

Our everyday economics includes innovation, incentives, environment, regulation, gender,monopolistic competition, oligopoly ,intellectual property and cost,

Everyday economics and peanut butter standardization

When Real Peanut Butter Is Not What or Where You Expect

Required by commerce in a market system, standard weights and measures not only take us to the kilogram or second but also even peanut butter.

Everyday economics and A 13 month calendar would create positive externalities.

Our Weekly Roundup: From the Invisible Hand to Invisible People

Today’s weekly roundup includes the everyday economics of invisibles like the cost of tariffs, the market, certain jobs, measures and the impact of a canal.