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How to get the most candy on Halloween (without resorting to extortion)

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageSeems those sharp fangs worked.Trick or treat via www.shutterstock.com

Halloween is here, the night every year when children dress up in costumes and go “trick or treating.”

On the surface, that activity appears to be a relatively benign one. What could be more innocent than cute youngsters collecting sweets?

Halloween, however, is...

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