Monday Morning Economist

Monday Morning Economist

The Quiet Math Happening in Every Grocery Cart

A trip down the cereal aisle can teach you about the split-personality economics of grocery shopping in 2026
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Capitalism, retirement, wedding trash, compact discs, and pink pineapples
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Spotting mistakes, reading habits, philosophy majors, funflation, and a labor market shortage
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From the Penalty Spot to Your Portfolio
What penalty kicks, emergency landings, and sports bets have in common: we all think we'd be fine.
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Tuesday's Assorted Links
Government debt, surveillance pricing, history of the U.S. economy, government stake, and antitrust fines
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What Matt Freese Won't Tell You About Penalty Kicks
A Harvard economist plays goalkeeper for the USMNT at the World Cup. He wrote a research paper on penalty kicks years ago, but he won't tell anyone…
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Hacky sacks, summer vacations, Xbox, tech sell off, and Fond du Lac
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