Tuesday's Assorted Links

Olympic decisions, medal incentives, the Sahm Rule, salary transparency, and Delta airlines

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

1. Australian hockey star decided to amputate one of his fingers so that he could play at the Olympics [BBC]

2. Here’s how much athletes at the Paris Olympics earn for winning medals [CNBC]

3. The “Sahm Rule” was triggered after last week’s jobs report [Bloomberg]

4. Massachusetts is the 11th state to mandate salary transparency in job postings [Associated Press]

5. Delta’s CEO said that last month’s IT outage will cost the company $500 million in lost revenue and compensation for canceled flights and hotel stays [NPR]

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