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01/28/2016 - Food For Thought: 1/28/2016

10 Things Millennials Won’t Spend Money On

– Time 

By 2017, millennials will have more buying power than any other generation. From an aversion to big box stores to not wanting to take the advice of their peers, Time looks at trends that indicate their spending habits will be wildly different from their parents, and

what that might mean for different industries.

 

Bad Weather Can Mean Good Business For Restaurants

– Nations Restaurant News

With the recent stretch of winter snowstorms around the country, Nation’s Restaurant News looks at creative ways restaurants and other retail companies are trying to take advantage of the bad weather to boost sales.

 

The Demographic Trends Shaping American Politics in 2016 and Beyond

– Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center shares eight key take-aways from its research project looking at how America’s changing demographics are shaping the future for everything from politics to consumerism.

 

There Are Few Libertarians. But Many Americans Have Libertarian Views

– Five Thirty Eight 

Amid our increasingly divisive two party system, FiveThirtyEight examines research that shows that people often mislabel themselves politically and explores this impact may have on politics, civic discourse and even the workplace.