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Lettuce Shortage, Thanksgiving Dinner (x2), Holiday Spam, and Housing Inflation

Jadrian Wooten
Nov 22, 2022
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Thanksgiving dinner this year is pricier than last year. Check out links #2 and #3 for more information. [Source: Purdue Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability]

Hi y’all! Here are five stories from the past week that contain interesting economic concepts:

  1. There’s a national lettuce shortage that could impact your next lunch break [Business Insider]

  2. The average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner this year costs about 20% more than last year [American Farm Bureau]

  3. The average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner varies a lot by where you live [Purdue Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability]

  4. Spam is introducing a holiday-inspired product that includes “fig and orange flavors” [NPR]

  5. Have we been measuring housing inflation all wrong? [The Washington Post]

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