February 8, 2024
As economists would have predicted, looking at the US China trade war, we can see the negative impact on jobs and prices.
January 26, 2024
Continuing with our January e-links, I conclude by recommending a phenomenal history of finance and money from a Yale professor.
November 29, 2023
Having no access to cash, inmates use prison currency ithat could be cigarettes, or ramen, or even fish to buy things from each other.
October 10, 2023
For work that spans half a century whose message is timeless, the Nobel committee awarded this year's Economics Prize to Claudia Goldin.
October 9, 2023
Although their lenses differ, economists agree that we have two Americas with education, income, and life expectancy dividing us.
September 15, 2023
Comparing a paid for Worldbook to a free Wikipedia, we can see that monetizing digital services would grow an understated GDP..
September 14, 2023
With the Google antitrust trial having begun, we will see if Google harms consumers and advertiser by restraining competition.
September 13, 2023
Trends in getting married and single parenting display that the impact of marriage can be income inequality.
September 12, 2023
With Ethiopia having completed the Grand Renaissance Dam, deciding who "owns" the Nile has become more relevant than ever before.
September 11, 2023
Because explaining the deficit might need an economist, we went to Ed Yardeni, to "Tracking the Defiicit" and to the CBO for an answer.
July 15, 2023
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a China slowdown to trendy hot dogs.
July 14, 2023
Looking back and ahead, we can observe used car prices to understand and predict what is happening to inflation.