December 15, 2019
Shown by Nigeria's chicken shortage, a country's oil wealth can become a resource curse when it prevents an economy from diversifying.
December 14, 2019
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from inadequate female self-promotion to Baby Boomer houses.
December 13, 2019
Hoping to understand differences in the workplace, a recent study looked at whether women tend to engage in less self-promotion than men.
December 12, 2019
As Baby Boomers decide whether they want to move, downsize, sell or rent, housing markets could see an avalanche of home sales.
December 11, 2019
Looking at the numbers from the National Retail Federation, we do not see the value of the unwanted gifts that might be subtracted from holiday spending.
December 10, 2019
Nike's Amazon problem related to the difficulty that most big brands would have with losing power at the Everything Store.
December 8, 2019
December 7, 2019
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from tariff insight and apple innovation to new movie rules.
December 6, 2019
The impact of the economy on our voting patterns is about much more than inflation, unemployment, and how much the GDP has grown.
December 5, 2019
The one similarity shared by the U.S. China Trade War, OPEC negotiations, and two burglars separated in jail is the Prisoners' Dilemma.
December 4, 2019
Because of bad weather in parts of Canada and the major U.S. growing states, we could have a potato shortage that creates a French fry crunch.
December 3, 2019
When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.