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I managed to pay £3.85 for a single can of coke in a Toby Carvery in Middlesbrough 😳 (this is probably because they want the punter to pay an extra 50p or so for their unlimited soft-drink refills; for example a normal pot of tea is still £1.85... Still, menu first *then* order drinks 🤦 )

Would love to see a spreadsheet of lifetime income/outgoings of one of those fancy coffee (starbucks/costa) vending machines. I reckon if there's a way to deliver a takeaway coffee cheaper, in a period of economic contraction, it's some kind of automat.

#coffee #economics #microeconomics #vending #automation #robotics

A large mass grave from the Early Iron Age indicates selective violence towards women and children in the Carpathian Basin

Haas, J. The Anthropology of War (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990). Molloy, B., Bruyère, C. & Jovanović, D. in…
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Sales of electric vehicles have plummeted since the end of September, when federal tax credits worth up to $7,500 ended. The Trump administration has cut subsidies and loans for clean energy projects, while seeking to eliminate regulations that encouraged automakers to sell low-emission vehicles.
#economics #cleantechnology #cars #sustainability #Ford #Trump #subsidies #microeconomics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/energy-environment/ford-trump-electric-vehicles-kentucky.html
Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs

Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.

The New York Times
There is a big hole in the seductively simple argument that Mr. Trump’s policy will push employers to hire Americans: For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely replacement is a robot. And the jobs that can't be done by robots? Many will simply leave the country.
#labor #employment #immigration #jobs #economics #microeconomics #Trump #policy #politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/immigration-farming-trump-robots-labor.html
Opinion | What Replaces Deported Immigrant Workers? Not Americans.

There is a hole in the argument that American workers will replace immigrants. For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely replacement is a robot.

The New York Times

📈 Think like an economist.
Microeconomics — 18th Ed.
Understand choices.

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“Our projection is that we will be finishing in the 5,500 total units sold range for 2025, making it the worst year on record since Altus — and the predecessors to Altus — started keeping records back in 1981,” Sherwood said.
#housing #ontario #toronto #Canada #economics #microeconomics #costofliving #polycrises #recession
https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/condo-industry-expects-worst-year-on-record-with-only-165-new-condos-selling-in-toronto/article_e2d368b2-78db-4bcd-8617-2143e5db7306.html
Condo industry expects worst year on record — with only 165 new condos selling in Toronto area last month

BILD expects to end the year with around 5,500 sales for new homes, the lowest since record-keeping began.

Toronto Star

Systematic review and meta-analysis of educational approaches to reduce cognitive biases among students

Beyth-Marom, R., Fischhoff, B., Quadrel, M. J. & Furby, L. in Teaching Decision Making to Adolescents (eds Baron,…
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Johnson asserted an assumption, that people will volunteer and expand people engaged in their communities. It reflects his lack of understanding of #MicroEconomics.

The bill was written so that people had the option to earn the equivalent of the Federal Minimum Wage ($7.25/hr) x 80 hours a month, or $580 a month. IOW, you don't need to volunteer or work 80 hrs a month.

Would you rather volunteer for 80 hours for $0 or work parttime for just enough to earn $580 to keep your #Medicaid?

📰 Communal Savings Games in a Bangkok Slum (A free, 23-page article from 1978)

Tags: #Asia #Microeconomics #Bangkok
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/communal-savings-games-in-a-bangkok-slum_angel-et-al

Sharing the Risk of Being Poor: Communal Savings Games in a Bangkok Slum

How rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) work in Bangkok slums.

The Open Buddhist University