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Water Regulations: Do We Need Them?
If we just drill out underground water, will everything be fine? Or will we follow in the footsteps of Yemen, and have a water war?
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Progress: Things Are Really Not That Bad
2016 has been a tough year for progressiveness. But it's been a really great 200 years of human progress. So let's celebrate that.
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Deck the halls with macro follies! ~ Christmas Consumption
Is it better to save money, or to spend it? Spoiler alert: the answer is 'yes'. Featuring a youtube clip of your favourite econocarols.
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Gift Giving: The Deadweight Loss of Christmas
A grinch-like infographic about gift-giving this holiday season. Spoiler alert: avoid gift cards, apparently.
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Sneakernomics and Swag
Getting in on all that $21,000 sneaker action... Also, alternative assets are cool. Especially if they're sneakers.
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Nigerian Emails, Torture, and Separating Equilibria
Why people in the Middle Ages were happy to put their hands into boiling water to prove their innocence, and why they survived. Also, game theory.
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Gift Giving: The Economic Guide
Buying gifts is not only time-consuming and difficult - it also results in lost value for society. Or does it? [FEATURING: a gift-giving hierarchy.]
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The Cost of Checked Baggage
As we head off for the holidays, many of us will end up paying for the privilege of having our luggage stowed in the hold. But why though?
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Why Bank Transfers Take 3 Working Days
Bank transfers are one of the modern financial world's great mysteries. I can send an email 24/7 - but not a bank transfer. The reason might surprise you.
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Crowd Psychology: the opposite of proactive
We live in a world filled with bystanders. Usually, this means that we just watch said world go by. This - this can be dangerous.
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