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The Economics of Everyday Things - 119. Christmas Lights
Would you pay a professional $2,500 or more to put up your holiday lights? Zachary Crockett is walking in a winter wonderland.
- SOURCES:
- Chuck Smith, creator of Planet Christmas.
- Dean Lyons, founder and CEO of Bright Nights.
- RESOURCES:
- "The Suburban Maximalists Making Viral Christmas Displays," by Graham Hacia (WIRED, 2017).
- "Incandescent vs. LED Christmas Lights: How Much Does it Impact Your Power Bill?," by Kelly Bedrich (Electricity Plans).
- "Why Christmas Light Installation Is a Great Add-on Service for Contractors," (Sprinkler School).
- Brite Nites.
- Planet Christmas.
- EXTRAS:
- "How Christmas Lights Are Made," (Insider, 2018).
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PBS News Hour - World - U.S. Coast Guard ramps up oil tanker interceptions off Venezuelan coast
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Newshour - US pursuing another Venezuelan oil tanker
There are reports that the US coastguard may be trying to intercept another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, but why is US oil firm Chevron still operating in the country?
Also in the programme: Israel's security cabinet approves 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank; and an elegy for the US penny that is no longer being produced after 230 years.
(Photo: Government supporters participate in a protest against US President Donald Trump's order to blockade sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela on 17 December 2025. Credit: Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
Consider This from NPR - We use our smartphones for just about everything – why not voting?
Entrepreneur, political strategist and philanthropist Bradley Tusk argues his new online voting tech could revolutionize participation in American elections. He is hellbent on making online voting a reality - even at a time when much of the election establishment thinks that is a very bad idea. NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Tusk about how Tusk's organization, the Mobile Voting Project, is pushing a major technology makeover for American democracy.
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