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Diamonds and Wedding Costs, Blood for Money, Incentives, City Size, Smartphones, and Fingerprint Technology

Will a big engagement ring buy you happiness? What about donating blood? How do you properly motivate someone? If you are looking for a job, is city size a factor? Why are smartphones important for the poor to have? All this and more. 

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PostedDecember 11, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
Categories30-60, Five Fresh Findings
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Middleman Apps, Contract Workers, Birth Rates, Infant Mortality, and Wal-Mart Banking

Do middleman apps make our lives better? What about the lives of their employees? Do Uber-like services improve consumer welfare? How do recessions affect birth rates? Why does the US have relatively high infant mortality? 

Find the answers to all these questions and more. 

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PostedSeptember 30, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Universal Base Income, Social Media Predicting Unemployment, Wage Premiums, and Unemployment Benefits

All about the labor market. Learn how cutting unemployment benefits affects the economy, people with good social skills make a lot more money (shocker!), Twitter can predict unemployment better than the government, and more. 

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PostedAugust 31, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Streetwalkers, Online Prostitutes, Costs of Unprotected Sex, and Economic Shocks to the Market for Sex

Five fresh findings takes a sexual turn. 

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PostedAugust 8, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Pot Dealers, Moochers, Beauty, Corporate America, and Surnames

Have you ever wondered how many marijuana dealers there are in the US? The DEA has, too. 

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PostedJuly 22, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Prostitutes, Student Loans, Cynk, Airplane Bathroom Breaks, and Salaries

In socialist Venezuela, rising inflation & a ban on currency trading are leaving many struggling to survive. A few industrious groups of workers have been...

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PostedJuly 12, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Taxes, Drugs, WiFi, Wall Street Geniuses, and Time

A favorite argument of politicians for low state taxation may be undermined by a new study indicating that state taxes have a negligible impact on Americans’ interstate moves. About 55% percent of moves were due to...

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PostedSeptember 10, 2015
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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Government, Spotify, Beats Headphones, Wingmen, and Femininity

Who really has influence over government policy? * Some Princeton researchers have analyzed policies and influence, finding...

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PostedMay 21, 2014
AuthorIsabel Munson
CategoriesFive Fresh Findings, 1-30
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