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.

Monday, January 29, 2018

Panera recalls cream cheese from all U.S. stores over Listeria fears

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/panera-bread-recalls-cream-cheese-products-over-listeria-fears-n841801
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Major payments firm to stop accepting bitcoin

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/24/technology/stripe-ends-bitcoin-payments/index.html
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Do you text and drive? Your car insurance may go up

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/24/technology/texting-and-driving-distracted/index.html
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Amazon bumps up cost of monthly Prime subscription

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-bumps-up-cost-of-monthly-prime-subscription-2018-1
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Will millennials kill Costco?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/will-millennials-kill-costco/2018/01/19/d0de5dec-fb9e-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html?utm_term=.bfed1cb941db
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Kentucky school shooting: 2 dead after gunfire erupts at Marshall County High School

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/one-dead-after-shooting-kentucky-high-school-multiple-victims-reported-n840171
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E-cigarettes can hook teens, raise risk of smoking, report finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/e-cigarettes-can-hook-teens-raise-risk-smoking-report-finds-n840256
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Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/technology/inside-amazon-go-a-store-of-the-future.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
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Kimberly-Clark to Cut as Many as 5,500 Jobs

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/kimberly-clark-layoffs.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
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Super Bowl’s Minneapolis Stadium Brings a Surge in Development

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/minneapolis-real-estate.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=sectionfront
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Why the I.R.S. Fears Bitcoin

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/opinion/irs-bitcoin-fear.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
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People are eating Tide laundry pods and this is what owner P&G is doing about it

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/22/people-are-eating-tide-laundry-pods-and-this-is-what-pg-is-doing.html?recirc=taboolainternal
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Trump's 30% tariff on imported solar panels may cost jobs

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/22/trumps-30-tariff-imported-solar-panels-may-cost-jobs/1056440001/
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Mexico and Hungary tried junk food taxes — and they seem to be working

https://www.vox.com/2018/1/17/16870014/junk-food-tax
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Salmonella outbreak reported from Jimmy John's sprouts

http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2018/01/20/salmonella-outbreak-reported-jimmy-johns-sprouts/1050832001/
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Monday, January 1, 2018

The dark side of your $5 Footlong: Business owners say it could bite them

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-dark-side-of-your-5-footlong-business-owners-say-it-could-bankrupt-them/2017/12/28/425b6ae8-e671-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html?utm_term=.9ce9e30ee634
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