Tuesday's Assorted Links

Sports careers, working hours, happiness, global rankings, and natural gas prices

Hi y’all! Here are five stories from this week that contained some neat applications of economic principles or are related to teaching:

1. Jobs for athletes and coaches are projected to boom 9% by 2032, triple the growth rate of the overall job market [Quartz]

2. Australia’s Senate passed a bill last week giving workers the legal right to ignore messages from their employers outside official working hours [Business Insider]

3. People living in small indigenous societies with low incomes are often just as satisfied with their lives as those in rich countries [The Guardian | Original Study]

4. Japan fell behind Germany and became the world’s fourth-biggest economy after an unexpected slip into recession [Bloomberg]

5. The price of natural gas has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995, thanks to record production and the warmest American winter on the books [Financial Times]

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Former Fox News host, Tucker Carlson recently found himself wandering the aisles of a Russian supermarket in an attempt to highlight how expensive groceries are in the United States. His comparison, however, draws from his experience earning US dollars & overlooks a critical detail.

What feels like a steal to an American is, for many Russians, a hefty cost. Russian groceries aren’t cheap if you live and earn income in Russia.

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