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Every dollar counts: How your spending shapes Los Alamos

Determining the cost of participating in an economic blackout on a local level

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Megan Hesselink
Dec 10, 2025
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In a small town, every dollar has a job: it keeps retailers open, artists creating, nonprofits afloat, and neighbors employed. But what happens when those dollars stop circulating locally? When resid…

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