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Answer: $53.31, 14% increase Question: Have you noticed inflation (the increases in prices) in items that you or your family purchase in your own lives? Assume you have an extra $10 to spend, what additional food items would you add to this list for Thanksgiving dinner? Do online research to make sure you’re not spending more than $10. What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving season?

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October marks the first-ever Economics Education Month. Here is what you can do to help your kids become more informed.

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October is a perfect time to invest in economic literacy. The St. Louis Fed's resources can help.

Meat producers and distributors are sounding the alarm over a turkey shortage that has supermarkets and other food retailers scrambling to get ready for the holiday, The Post has learned.

Answer: $800 Questions: The "gold" medal is about 99% silver. Why do you think Olympic organizers chose this mix of metals?  Do you think an Olympic Gold Medal is worth more than just the scrap metal value? Why? Will this scrap metal value change over time?  Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Forbes estimates that Simone Biles, undoubtedly one of the Tokyo Olympics’ most marketable athletes, earns at least $5 million annually in endorsements.

Across the US, Olympic athletes are working part-time jobs, driving for DoorDash and Uber, and crowdsourcing funds. We break down how USA Olympians make money, and why the system left many of America’s top athletes broke. MORE BIG BUSINESS VIDEOS: Big Business Season 2 Marathon: Farming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfexF_8tVuY Why The World’s Most Popular Banana May Go Extinct | Big Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPEErJnErU How 1.6 Million Tonnes Of Paper A Year Are Made In Portugal | Big Business youtube.com/watch?v=0DvY6hjeTjk ------------------------------------------------------ Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo Why Olympians Are So Broke | Big Business

TOKYO (AP) — The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics in $15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. What else could those billions buy? The ballpark figure for building a 300-bed hospital in Japan in $55 million.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, every city hosting the Olympics since 1960 incurred cost overruns, sometimes by tens of billions of dollars.

Most studies of mega-events such as Olympic Games find a relatively small impact on the cities that host them. One reason given for this finding is that the event displaces tourists who otherwise wo...

This paper is the first to study the effects of hosting Olympic Games on regional economic output beyond population dynamics. For identification, runn…

A lot of people around the world will tune in to see the Summer Olympics opening ceremony this Friday, but how beneficial is it for Tokyo (or any other city) to even host the games?

Holy sh*t.

Supply chain issues are back again to dull your holiday

Something has to change.

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President Biden is wrapping up a historic first 100 days as president of the United States. With the Dow up 3375 points, or 11%, it would be the second best 100 days' performance in 100 years.

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It's Fat Tuesday, also known as Paczki Day in Michigan.Hundreds of bakeries — traditionally Polish but plenty of others have jumped on board— crank out the calorie-laden donut-like treats for this one day of the year. For more about this regional tradition, watch this brief history of…

What does online dating look like through the eyes of a game theorist. And could knowing a bit of game theory help you find “the one”?

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In 1969, an activist set out to build an African-American metropolis from scratch. What would have happened if Soul City had succeeded?

It's the thought that counts, which is good because in economic terms, gift exchange is a disaster.

Feast and football. That's what many of us think about at Thanksgiving. Most people identify the origin of the holiday with the Pilgrims' first bountiful harvest. But few understand how the Pilgrims actually solved their chronic food shortages. Many people believe that after suffering through a severe winter, the Pilgrims' food shortages were resolved the following spring when the Native Ameri

Answer: $400 Million in uneaten candy Questions: Why do you think that Americans buy more candy than is eaten on Halloween? What factors influence the decision on how much to buy? How much candy do you typically eat over Halloween? What do you do with the leftovers?