Tuesday's Assorted Links

Commute times, Thanksgiving pizza, economic education, credit card delinquencies, and a Tik Tok economist

The average American commute is about 27 minutes. Learn more about how those commutes have changed in this week’s assorted links 👇

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

1. Most Americans still have to commute every day, but a lot has changed over the past few years [The New York Times]

2. DiGiorno is selling a limited-edition, frozen Thanksgiving Pizza topped with turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes, onions, green beans, and cranberries, all atop mozzarella and cheddar cheeses [Food Dive]

3. Why economic education matters [Marketplace]

4. Millennial credit card delinquencies are now higher than pre-pandemic [Federal Reserve Bank of New York]

5. Gen Z has been hooked on TikTok since 2020, and economics professors like Chris Clark are meeting students on the app [Inside Higher Ed]

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