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Stories, links, images, and videos that'll make you a smarter economic developer. Published 7x per week.

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Happy Friday. Lots of charts: labor force participation, average hourly earnings, inflation, and more.

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Ocean shipping cartels, steel houses, shale growth, the NYC office glut, missing microchips, and more.

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The 84 Things Economic Developers Need To Know This Week

The stories that Dane thinks you need to see from this week. March 31, 2022 edition.

The 84 Things Economic Developers Need To Know This Week
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Assorted Links Wednesday

Compelling email subject lines, jobs, houses, farms, inflation, avocados, and more.

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Assorted Links Tuesday

The myth that most Americans hate their job, universal high-speed internet, inventory overstocking, and more.

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Assorted Links Monday

Visualizing crude, supply chains, food prices, webinars, tax credits, and more.

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Assorted Links Sunday

Wildlife overpasses, lithium, mining the rainforests, the doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of 1986, and more.

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Assorted Links Saturday

How a steel box changed the world, study less to study more, sharper vision = a sharper mind, and more.

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Assorted Links Friday

Happy Friday. Your Olive Garden breadsticks are going to get more expensive. But the US is a very happy place.

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Assorted Links Thursday

Do you know how to make a pencil? You don’t, do you? No single person on earth does. This, and more.

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