August 28, 2020
Looking at the economic impact of past costly disasters can help us develop policies that target where and how Covid-19 will affect us.
August 20, 2020
We can look at the impact of the19th Amendment through an economic lens to see when and how female voters increased their power.
August 17, 2020
When we use the alphabet to describe an economy recovery from the coronavirus, rather than an "L" or a "V," some economists now suggest a "K."
August 13, 2020
About much more than just a burger, the Big Mac Index can help us compare purchasing power and the GDP in different countries.
August 12, 2020
Hearing about a multi-trillion dollar stimulus package, we should also know six handy facts about what will happen to the federal debt.
August 11, 2020
A Consumer Price Index (CPI) that went up by just .6 percent during the past year hides a much larger increase in some grocery prices.
July 30, 2020
A looming Social Security shortfall could happen much sooner because of pandemic spending and its impact on the birth rate.
July 16, 2020
The cost of opening schools safely becomes more of a concern when we look at the impact of the coronavirus on state finance.
June 22, 2020
Much too low, the D+ from the American Society of Civil Engineers for our transportation infrastructure needs reconsideration.
June 21, 2020
Called an alphabet recovery, the ABC's of the GDP trajectory after a massive decline can be illustrated through the letters of the alphabet and a Swoosh.
June 19, 2020
Hershey's Breath Saver mints and the U.S. Mint have both contributed to the coin shortages problems that the Federal Reserve is trying to solve.
June 18, 2020
Because a Covid-19 basket of goods and services has a different inflation rate from the CPI basket, the cost of living might not be what we think it is.