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The Economics of Black Friday
We recorded this episode in early November, on election days of all days, but this episode isn’t about voting. It’s also a few days after the time change, but we didn’t talk about that. Instead, we wanted to focus on Black Friday shopping since the episode will be released on Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
We mostly hopped on to talk about whether this particular day does much to help the economy. We eventually talked about the potential impact of holiday shopping broadly on the economy and whether or not stores should be open on Thanksgiving.
In this episode, we discuss:
* Jadrian’s…
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