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  • Facade of a bankrupt store in Augusta, Maine

    How Many Small Businesses Have Closed in Your State

    The pandemic has been tough on pretty much everyone, but — no surprise here — small business owners have borne the economic brunt of more than a year of quarantines, lockdowns, and other COVID-19 measures. Find Your State: Alabama |…

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    These States Have Lost More Than a Third of Their Small Businesses

    The pandemic has been tough on pretty much everyone, but — no surprise here — small business owners have borne the economic brunt of more than a year of quarantines, lockdowns, and other COVID-19 measures. Cheapism partnered with data visualization…

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    20 College-Town Restaurants That Are Worth a Splurge

    Though college students have better meal options than they used to, most are still eating on a budget. That’s why parents love to treat them to dinner when they visit, and what college kid would say no to free food?…

  • 11 Barbie Dolls That Could Become Collector’s Items

    It’s not difficult to find lists upon lists of Barbies that are already considered collector’s items. What’s harder is pinpointing which newer versions of the classic American doll are going to rise in value in the future. We reached out…

  • A man follows instructions to build an IKEA flat-pack chest of drawers at home.

    How to Create a Home Office From Ikea Under $200

    If you’ve never wrestled with the demon that is working from home — as many more of us did over this past year — it can be a challenge. There are about 100 things to distract you from the tasks at…

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    12 Things We Can Learn From the Great Depression

    No one really knows what the nation’s economy will look like as we emerge from 14 months of the coronavirus pandemic, but the occasional parallels with the Great Depression were certainly difficult to avoid during it — the unemployment rate…