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"City of Gold"

Restaurants on wheels

by Ellen Rolfes
Sep 18, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #166
Roy Choi's Korean fusion truck Kogi helped kick off the food truck trend.
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"City of Gold"

Feeding gentrification

by Ellen Rolfes
Sep 11, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #165
Roast To Go has been at Grand Central Market since 1952.
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"City of Gold"

On "City of Gold"

by Ellen Rolfes
Sep 4, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #164
The documentary from 2015 follows Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold through the culinary culture of Los Angeles.
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"Beanie Mania"

Collectors turned entrepreneurs

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 28, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #163
Mary Beth Sobolewski was one of the women who made Beanie Babies a success.
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"Beanie Mania"

When products are the stars of Hollywood films

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 21, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #162
"The Beanie Bubble," starring Zach Galifianakis as Ty Warner, is the most recent film to take on the story of the investment frenzy that grew around these stuffed animals.
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"Beanie Mania"

Meet the "Beanie Meanie"

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 14, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #161
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What’s your “economic anthem”?

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 10, 2023
Contribute to our playlist of songs about the economic struggles, persistence and wins.
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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Art as commodity versus art as protest

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #155
Artist Nan Goldin lies on the ground in a "die-in" protest at a museum.
(All the Beauty and The Bloodshed)
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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Where will the opioids settlement money go?

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 16, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #154
Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain are pictured.
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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Why the Sacklers are shielded from future opioids lawsuits

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 10, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #153
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