As much as university and college shutdowns affect schools and students, they can also have a devastating impact on local towns and cities.
Responding to Apple's four to one stock split, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will change so it can reflect the U.S. economy more accurately.
With champagne sales plunging because of pandemic lockdowns, growers and Houses like LVMH are behaving somewhat like OPEC.
The airlines need to solve airfare pricing problems because their algorithms depend on historic data that is no longer relevant.
Pre-coronavirus manufacturing efficiencies were beneficial until a pandemic spike in demand led to paper towel shortages.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from carbon taxes and female voters to pepperoni pizzas.
For our August e-links, I recommend two very different but equally riveting podcasts and a surprisingly useful array of visuals from the Census.
In his new book, climate activist Bjorn Lomborg presents a controversial carbon tax proposal that could remind us of Goldilocks.
We can look at the impact of the19th Amendment through an economic lens to see when and how female voters increased their power.









