Economics in the News

This is a collection of hyperlinks to current news articles that deal with economic concepts (labeled) for my current and former students. The opinions and conclusions are expressly those of the authors, not necessarily mine. I have not commented on these articles because I want my students to have a chance to do so in their homework assignments. I always enjoy hearing what they have to say when they have thought through and provided evidence for their arguments.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

UPS tests launching drones from trucks equipped with battery chargers

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ups-tests-launching-drones-trucks-equipped-battery-chargers/story?id=45650029
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Life expectancy to keep rising; S. Korean women could hit 91

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/life-expectancy-rising-korean-women-hit-91-45644549
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Listeria-related cheese recall expands

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/health/sargento-cheese-recall/index.html
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Britax Recalls More Than 650,000 Strollers After Infant Accidents

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/britax-recalls-more-than-650000-strollers-after-infant-accidents-150008751.html
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Britax recalls more than 700,000 strollers due to fall hazard

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/health/britax-stroller-recall/
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Some blame the economy for rise in highway deaths

http://www.krdo.com/news/national-international-news/some-blame-the-economy-for-rise-in-highway-deaths/334712385
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How Medical Advances Have Affected The Blood Bank Industry

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/02/14/blood-economy
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Venezuela food crisis deepens as shipments plummet

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/11/news/economy/venezuela-food-shortages/index.html
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Tesla is going to sell electric cars in the Middle East

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/13/investing/tesla-uae-elon-musk/index.html?iid=surge-story-summary
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This company makes food packaging out of bamboo to cut down on trash

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/12/news/thailand-bamboo-cassava-packaging-universal-biopack/index.html?iid=surge-story-summary
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Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting American corn farmers

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/13/news/economy/mexico-trump-us-corn/index.html?sr=twCNN021417mexico-trump-us-corn0531AMVODtopLink&linkId=34465552
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

San Francisco is taxing the rich to pay for free community college

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/10/pf/college/san-francisco-free-community-college/
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Chicken farmers say processors treat them like servants

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/93141db585a648d4bdb488ba18d3e59a?ex_cid=SigDig http://bigstory.ap.org/article/704de9852c204cc68405c434d15a180f/tyson-says-its-being-investigated-likely-over-price-fixing
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Thursday, February 9, 2017

DeVos, Sessions expected to be confirmed in tight votes

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/devos-session-senate-vote-tuesday/
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As Bitcoin ETF Nears, Analysts Warn of Trading Fren

https://www.wsj.com/articles/irrational-exuberance-for-bitcoin-etfs-1486350601
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With Patriots Super Bowl LI win, air goes out of Deflategate

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2017/02/06/new-england-patriots-super-bowl-li-tom-brady-deflategate/97539666/
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Travel ban appeal: what's next?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/next-steps-in-travel-ban-lawsuits-after-ninth-circuit/index.html?sr=twCNN021017next-steps-in-travel-ban-lawsuits-after-ninth-circuit0515AMStoryLink&linkId=34344628
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California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/california-farmers-backed-trump-but-now-fear-losing-field-workers.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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Twitter Struggles to Capitalize on Influence and Posts Lackluster Earnings

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/business/twitter-q4-earnings.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=technology&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Technology&pgtype=article
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Intel, in Show of Support for Trump, Announces Factory in Arizona

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/technology/trump-intel-chip-factory-arizona.html?hpw&rref=technology&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
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New Yorkers going crazy for this $18 cup of coffee

http://abc13.com/1746054/
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