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

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have formed a union [NBC News]
A business school professor says it’s time to abolish business schools [The New York Times Opinion]
Los Angeles bar owner uses Kalshi bet to offset lost revenue from Dodgers’ NLCS loss [Sports Business Journal]
Paint makers are seeing a major sales surge from the AI boom [The New York Times]
Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns [Associated Press]

Brewing beer at home is legal, but distilling whiskey at home can land you in federal prison. The Supreme Court just agreed to decide next summer whether that 1868 ban is constitutional. This week’s article traces the ban back to Alexander Hamilton’s 1791 whiskey tax, a tax that sparked an armed rebellion and later paid for a third of the federal government.

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