February 15, 2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from grocery prices to tariff insight.
February 14, 2025
When shoppers complain about the inflation rate, they are really angry about how grocery prices have gone up.
February 13, 2025
Easy to see as one number, a tariff's impact on a country's trade partners, jobs, and prices can be invisible.
February 10, 2025
Similar to the World Cup and other major sports events, next day Super Bowl absentees from work represent a hefty percent of the labor force.
February 9, 2025
With both originating in a chicken, we can wonder why egg prices are soaring but chicken wing prices are not.
February 8, 2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from tariffs and breakfast to government spending.
February 6, 2025
When we look at eggs and tariffs, we see a vast difference between their impact on low and high income households.
February 4, 2025
February 2, 2025
With tariffs on U.S. Canada trade imminent, we expect 25% from the Trump administration but cannot be sure of the retaliatory exchange.
February 1, 2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from tip size to mileage fees and electricity.
January 26, 2025
Global banana consumption could change if a fungus continues to devastate the plantations that grow the Cavendish.
January 25, 2025
Connecting economics, currents, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the top 1% to skiing and tariffs.