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When feelings of nostalgia peak

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YouGov surveyed 2,000 adults asking them when was the best and worst decades for things like movies, fashion, and the economy. Tags: great , nostalgia , Washington Post , YouGov I think people just want to go back to a time when there was less to worry about and more freedom, which was late childhood and early teens for most.

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Estimating the condition of the economy

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Measuring the condition of the economy is tricky, because there are many parts to the economy. Tags: economy , New York Times. You can’t just say it’s good or bad. So Ben Casselman and Lauren Leatherby, for The New York Times, broke it down with a series of charts to view from different angles.

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Declining vacation time from work

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It is true that the United States is the only advanced economy without guaranteed paid vacation. Tags: vacation , Washington Post , work Andrew Van Dam, for The Washington Post’s Department of Data, has the demographic breakdowns : It does not seem to be a matter of vacation-day supply. Has that changed?

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Inflation isn’t that exciting

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And economists see some mild, steady economy-wide inflation as a sign of a healthy economy. Tags: inflation , New York Times. The Fed, for instance, actively targets an average overall inflation level of 2 percent per year.

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Family safety app sells location data to third parties

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They said they agreed to talk because of concerns with the location data industry’s security and privacy and a desire to shed more light on the opaque location data economy. Tags: Life360 , privacy , The Markup. All of them described Life360 as one of the largest sources of data for the industry. Seems questionable.

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Gas prices and confidence

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Tags: approval , economy , gas , New York Times , spending , Washington Post. Is it reasonable to tie our hopes and dreams to the price of a gallon? Is sentiment flipped for people who primarily ride bikes to get places? I have so many questions.

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We need an Apple Vision Air ASAP

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The Apple Vision Pro has a high price tag because it incorporates cutting-edge technology and premium materials. The market for AR devices like the Vision Pro is still relatively small compared to other consumer electronics, leading to higher per-unit costs due to the lack of economies of scale.

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