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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.
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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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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Nan Goldin versus the Sacklers

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 2, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #152
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"The Sentence of Michael Thompson"

Even where legal, weed's hard to remove from criminal records

by Tony Wagner
May 26, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #151
"The Sentence of Michael Thompson" follows the efforts of Thompson's family and lawyer to free him after Michigan legalized the drug in 2018.
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"The Queen of Basketball"

"The Queen of Basketball"

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
May 19, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #150
A documentary short distributed by The New York Times chronicles the story of Luisa Harris, a college basketball superstar who was the first and only woman to be drafted into the NBA.
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"All The Queen's Horses"

Fraudsters are everywhere

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
May 12, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #149
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"All The Queen's Horses"

Inside the biggest municipal fraud scheme in U.S. history

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
May 11, 2023
What we can learn about how fraud happens and how can cities guard against it.
The scandal, which unfolded in the sleepy town of Dixon, Illinois, saw the city's comptroller steal $53 million over her 20-year career.
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"The Queen of Versailles"

Q&A: "Queen of Versailles” director Lauren Greenfield

by Ellen Rolfes
Mar 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #143
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"The Queen of Versailles"

Sizing up

by Ellen Rolfes
Mar 17, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #142
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