571. Greeting Cards, Pizza Boxes, and Personal Injury Lawyers
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In a special episode of *The Economics of Everyday Things, *host Zachary Crockett explains what millennials do to show they care, how corrugated cardboard keeps your food warm, and why every city has a billboard for a guy who calls himself “The Hammer.”

• SOURCES:

• Jason Abraham), managing partner of Hupy & Abraham.

• Nora Engstrom), professor at Stanford Law School.

• Kyle Hebenstreit), C.E.O. of Practice Made Perfect.

• Patrick Kivits), president of corrugated packaging at WestRock.

• Mia Mercado), writer and former editor at Hallmark.

• Eric Nelson), green business program manager for Johnson County, Kansas.

• Scott Wiener), founder of Scott's Pizza Tours.

• George White), president of Up With Paper and former president of the American Greeting Card Association.

• RESOURCES:

• 34th Louie Awards - Finalists & Winners), (2022-2023).

• "Personal Injury Settlement Amounts Examples (2024 Guide))," by Jeffrey Johnson (*Forbes Advisor, *2022).

• "Who Is the Fastest Pizza Box Folder?! World Pizza Games 2021)," video by The Laughing Lion (2021).

• "Season’s (and Other...) Greetings)," by Maria Ricapito (*Marie Claire, *2020).

• "Scott's Pizza Chronicles: A Brief History of the Pizza Box)," by Scott Wiener (*Serious Eats, *2018).

• "Apple Patented a Pizza Box, for Pizzas)," by Jacob Kastrenakes (*The Verge, *2017).

• "Hallmark Greeting Cards Have Adjusted to the Digital Revolution)," by Trent Gillies (*CNBC, *2017).

• "We Eat 100 Acres of Pizza a Day in the U.S.)," by Lenny Bernstein (*The Washington Post, *2015).

• "Low Ball: An Insider’s Look at How Some Insurers Can Manipulate Computerized Systems to Broadly Underpay Injury Claims)," by Mark Romano and J. Robert Hunter (*Consumer Federation of America, *2012).

• "A Century of Change in Personal Injury Law)," by Stephen D. Sugarman (UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, 2000).

• Pizza Tiger)*, *by Thomas Monaghan (1986).

• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona), in the Supreme Court of Arizona (1977).