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.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Setting an Instagram stage — in the restroom

https://www.restaurant-hospitality.com/design/setting-instagram-stage-restroom
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Gap to separate Old Navy brand, close stores; shares surge 25 percent

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/gap-to-separate-old-navy-brand-close-stores-shares-surge-25-percent/ar-BBUdG75?li=BBnbfcL
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FedEx turns to Segway inventor to build delivery robot

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/tech/fedex-delivery-robot/index.html?utm_term=video&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-03-01T01%3A07%3A07
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Why Nintendo keeps returning to classics like Pokémon

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/27/tech/nintendo-pokemon-switch-games/index.html?utm_content=2019-03-01T01%3A11%3A02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=video
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Your Avocado Toast Is Getting More Expensive. Blame the Healthy Fats Trend

http://fortune.com/2019/02/25/healthy-fats-demand-production-higher-prices/
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Tesla shares fall after Consumer Reports says it will no longer recommend Model 3

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/tesla-tanks-subaru-soars-in-consumer-reports-new-reliability-survey.html
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Domino's shares skid 9% after same-store sales growth disappoints

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/dominos-q4-2018-earnings.html
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Neighborhood Goods raises $14.5 million and is opening a store in New York

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/neighborhood-goods-raises-14point5-million-to-open-a-store-in-new-york.html
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Netflix can compete as Disney, Warner Bros. enter the streaming space, but it won't be cheap

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/hurdles-netflix-faces-as-disney-warner-bros-enter-the-streaming-space.html
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Consumer debt hits $4 trillion

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/consumer-debt-hits-4-trillion.html
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Nike's Colin Kaepernick 'Icon Jersey' Sells Out After NFL Settlement Is Reached

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2821702-nike-reveals-colin-kaepernick-icon-jersey-days-after-nfl-settlement-is-reached?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
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Nike's stock falls after Duke star is hurt as his sneaker comes apart

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/business/nike-zion-williamson-shoe-duke/index.html
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Payless is closing all its 2,100 US stores

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/business/payless-closing-stores-bankrupt/index.html
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Drinking two or more diet beverages a day linked to high risk of stroke, heart attacks

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/health/diet-soda-women-stroke-heart-attack/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-02-17T05%3A01%3A05&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Trump’s Trade War Leaves American Whiskey on the Rocks

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/us/politics/china-tariffs-american-spirits.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
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A Bargain Store Has Britons Asking: Can You Really Pop the Question With Plastic?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/world/europe/britain-poundland-ring.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage
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Trump Plans National Emergency to Build Border Wall as Senate Passes Spending Bill

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/trump-national-emergency-border.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Fortnite’s free-to-play model threatens major game makers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/02/14/fortnites-free-to-play-model-threatens-major-game-makers/?utm_term=.732b408387f4
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Romance scams cost Americans $143 million last year, FTC says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/14/romance-scams-cost-americans-million-last-year-ftc-says/?utm_term=.db0b71bc5324
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Banks want a hit of the marijuana business. Will they get to partake?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/13/banks-want-hit-marijuana-business-will-they-get-partake/?utm_term=.039f043158e3
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1 in 3 middle-class families struggle with financial insecurity

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/middle-class-families-struggling-with-financial-insecurity/
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Swine fever threatens pork industry as China prepares for Year of the Pig

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/china/china-african-swine-flu-in-year-of-the-pig-intl/
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A Shortage of Labor is Squeezing Hotel Sector Profits

https://www.nreionline.com/hotel/shortage-labor-squeezing-hotel-sector-profits
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A GOP proposal could snatch your student loan payment right from your paycheck

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/a-gop-proposal-would-snatch-your-student-loan-payment-right-from-your-paycheck.html
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Young People Are Doomed by Student Loans, Not the National Debt

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evep4w/young-people-are-doomed-by-student-loans-not-the-national-debt
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Saturday, February 9, 2019

Meghan Markle’s sneakers were just named ‘World’s Hottest’ shoes

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meghan-markles-cheap-sneakers-just-named-worlds-hottest-shoes-202029346.html
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Friday, February 8, 2019

Venezuela blocks border bridge where aid is set to arrive

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/americas/venezuela-aid-blocked-bridge-intl/
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Isolated and abandoned: the heartbreaking reality of old age in rural China

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/asia/china-elderly-people-new-year-intl/
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The Real Cost of Cheap Groceries

http://fortune.com/longform/cheap-groceries-food-farmers-laborers/
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Thursday, February 7, 2019

Many popular iPhone apps record your screen without asking

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/
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This typewriter repairman was told computers were king. Twenty years later, he’s still in business

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-typewriter-repairman-20190206-story.html
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Pregnant women are risking their lives to bring people tea

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/health/india-assam-tea-asequals-intl/index.html
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FDA reports additional cases of cancer linked to breast implants

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/health/fda-lymphoma-linked-to-breast-implants/index.html
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Texas Man Dies After E-Cigarette Explodes in Face, Severing Artery

https://people.com/human-interest/texas-man-dies-e-cigarette-explodes-in-face-severing-artery/?obref=obnetwork
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Vaccine demand surges amid measles outbreak

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/vaccine-demand-surges-amid-measles-outbreak/ar-BBTic0F?li=BBnbfcL
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Trump lays out agenda to divided Congress in second State of the Union

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/2019-state-of-the-union-live-stream-donald-trump-democratic-rebuttal-live-updates/
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Juul ramped up nicotine levels, and competitors followed, study says

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/health/juul-nicotine-arms-race-study/index.html
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Monday, February 4, 2019

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the case for raising interest rates 'has weakened'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/fed-chair-jerome-powell-says-the-case-for-raising-interest-rates-has-weakened.html
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Charlotte Russe files for bankruptcy and will close nearly 100 stores

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/investing/charlotte-russe-bankruptcy-retail/index.html
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Who scored and who wasted their money on Super Bowl ads

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/media/super-bowl-ads-review/index.html
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