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Finally! Here is a delightful article from NYT from last year on this topic. Truly fascinating and bewildering. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/wo

by ireflect 11mo ago

Finally! Here is a delightful article from NYT from last year on this topic. Truly fascinating and bewildering. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/worthless-pennies-united-states-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.HP2F.m0bpQMfc3y55&smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/worthless-pennie...

bigbadfeline 11mo ago
> Finally... NYT from last year... Truly fascinating and bewildering Yeah, really bewildering, happiness inflated by inflation.
FergusArgyll 11mo ago
> When Robert Whaples, an economist at Wake Forest University, published an article in 2006 about the imperative to eliminate America’s 1-cent coin, he received a personal note: “Get it done, and you will deserve the Nobel Prize!” Everything makes sense now...