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Leah Varjacques / The Atlantic Drink From Home: The Rise of the Remote-Work Holiday Party
Off-site employees like eggnog too.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters How the Economics of Journalism Explains 2016's Information Bubbles
Jay Hamilton, a Stanford professor who studies media business models, sees similarities between some of today's outlets and the partisan press of the 1850s.
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Ping Zhu Frugality Isn’t What It Used to Be
What use is there today for one of the oldest virtues?
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Aly Song / Reuters Ask an Economist: How Can Today’s College Students Future-Proof Their Careers?
A panel of experts gives some (pretty dispiriting) advice to a generation that will come of age as automation does.
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Damir Sagolj / Reuters Why Aren’t Any Bankers in Prison for Causing the Financial Crisis?
Sam Buell, the government’s lead prosecutor in the Enron scandal, explains why convicting white-collar criminals isn’t as straightforward as most people think it should be.
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The Atlantic How to Break Up With a Power Company
After getting fed up with her energy provider, Keya Chatterjee had her electricity shut off. That was seven years ago.
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The Future Is Expensive Chinese Food
A comprehensive theory of why some cuisines command higher prices than others
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Kathy Willens / AP / Zak Bickel / ... Is There Room for Sports to Get Even More Commercialized?
“If you put it on the uniform, the only thing left is the skin."
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Romeo Ranoco / Reuters The Pro Sports League With the Weirdest Team Names in the World
Why root for the Giants or the Jets when you could be a fan of the Tender Juicy Hotdogs or the Corned Beef Cowboys?
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Privilege of Buying 36 Rolls of Toilet Paper at Once
Many low-income shoppers, a study finds, miss out on the savings that come with making purchases in bulk.
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Siu Chiu / Reuters Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy
It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction?
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John Javellana / Reuters Are Shell Companies Useful for People Who Aren’t Ludicrously Rich?
Anyone can become an anonymous corporate owner in minutes, but it requires some serious money to take advantage of that.
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What It Costs to Film a Porn Video
“It’s the only industry where you can do one shoot and be called a star, whether or not you’re good…
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters The Hidden Economics of Porn
A gender-studies professor explains how the industry works.
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Reuters 100 CEOs Have More Saved Up for Retirement Than 41 Percent of U.S. Families Combined
It’s stunning, but given the state of America’s 401(k)s, it’s not terribly surprising.
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Jason Reed / Reuters A Mystery of Our Time: The People Who Enjoy Commuting
They’re out there.
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Juan Medina / Reuters Are Americans Really That Bad With Money?
People in the U.S. are in debt and terrible at investing—but so is nearly everyone else.
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Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters Why Is Flying Still Expensive Even Though Fuel’s Gotten So Cheap?
This is what it looks like when a market isn’t very competitive.
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Ted S. Warren / AP Most Americans Aren't Ready to Give Up Tipping
But there’s a chance that today’s experiments on the fringes of dining could one day infiltrate mainstream food culture.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Why So Many Rich Kids Come to Enjoy the Taste of Healthier Foods
When children are introduced to something nutritious, they tend to reject it—which many parents don’t have room for in their budgets.
