Tuesday's Assorted Links

Porch pirates, regional airlines, third places, financial literacy classes, and mall restaurants

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

1. “Porch pirates” stole $12 billion in goods in the last year alone. Here’s what you can do [CBS News]

2. Avelo Airlines and Breeze Airways have found success and loyal customers by serving airports in smaller cities that were neglected by national carriers [The New York Times]

3. Gen Z grew up chronically online and is now craving “third places” [HuffPost]

4. Colorado Head Coach (and NFL Hall of Famer) Deion Sanders suggests that financial literacy classes should be mandatory for college athletes [Sports Illustrated]

5. Malls are using new restaurants to draw consumers as shopping centers reinvent themselves [CNBC]

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