Tuesday's Assorted Links
Toy delays, candy canes, suicide hotline, Starbucks unions, and a pilot shortage
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Hello everyone!
Christmas is coming up this week and there’s still time to get your loved ones a digital version of my book or a gift subscription to Monday Morning Economist. You can always treat yourself as well :
Okay, here are 5 stories that I thought you may also find really interesting:
Toymakers are stressing out over the supply chain issues facing Christmas
Add candy canes to your list of shortages this holiday season
A study finds that Logic’s song ‘1-800-273-8255’ may have prevented hundreds of suicides in the US. (Here’s a link to the original study)
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Happy holidays, y’all! Enjoy the last few days of 2021 while you still can.
Here’s a look at yesterday’s post on the soaring price of coffee beans over the past year. Three different factors have led to price increases: increased transportation cost, increased demand, and a decrease in supply: