Chicken Little is an Increasingly Rare Bird

Chicken Little is an Increasingly Rare Bird

Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash Production of boiler chickens (those raised for their meat, not eggs) in the US...
EVs: Driving Change at Convenience Stores

EVs: Driving Change at Convenience Stores

Photo by John Cameron on Unsplash The United Nation’s (UN) recent report on the impending changes the world is facing...
Who’s In The Driver’s Seat: The Changing Dynamics of Auto Production

Who’s In The Driver’s Seat: The Changing Dynamics of Auto Production

Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash If you were shopping for a new car during the pandemic or even just...
China’s Population is Declining – Too hot, too cold, or just nice for its Economic Development?

China’s Population is Declining – Too hot, too cold, or just nice for its Economic Development?

On Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released the country’s population data to be 1.41175 billion in...
The Externalities Effect of Child Firearm Fatalities in the States

The Externalities Effect of Child Firearm Fatalities in the States

A study published on July 8th, 2022 by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analyzed how gun fatalities among children and...
Why is Everything Getting So Expensive?

Why is Everything Getting So Expensive?

Prices on everyday products like groceries and diapers have increased dramatically in the last couple of years, with inflation often...
Understanding the U.S. Labor Market – A January 2023 Snapshot

Understanding the U.S. Labor Market – A January 2023 Snapshot

Photo by Luis Melendez on Unsplash According to the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) website, April 2020 recorded the highest...
The New Economics of Car Production

The New Economics of Car Production

Photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash Engineers working at some of American car maker Ford’s facilities in Europe might be...
Looming Water Crisis – What can YOU do to Conserve Water?

Looming Water Crisis – What can YOU do to Conserve Water?

www.britannica.com Looking at the droplet in the infographic, only 2.6% of the world’s water supply is fresh water, while the...
U.K. Economy Three Years after Brexit

U.K. Economy Three Years after Brexit

Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Brexit is the term used to mark the event when the United Kingdom (U.K.)...

Michael Mandel Econ Cafe Podcasts

A lively conversation about today’s news for economics students. In the length of a cup of coffee, Michael Mandel (author of “Economics: The Basics”) and guests cheerfully tackle the current events questions that economics students (and those that wish they were economics students) might be wondering about.

Podcast: Inflation is back–but for how long?

Mike Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the latest wave of inflation, and what might happen next in this podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about inflation.  We recorded this podcast in the middle of February 2022, right after the…
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Podcast: The Economics of Infrastructure

In this podcast we (Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn) talk about the economics of infrastructure. As of early April 2021, President Joe Biden has just put forth his $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan, which covers roads, bridges, dams, electric, water, broadband,…
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Podcast: The Economics of Fiscal Stimulus

In this podcast we talk about the very hot topic of fiscal stimulus: Too big, too small or just right? We’re recording this podcast in early March 2021 as Congress is discussing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid recovery package. We…
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Podcast: The Economics of Vaccines

This podcast is being recorded early in January 2021. The vaccines are starting to roll out slowly across the country, offering some hope that this pandemic will be moderating soon. So we decided it’d be a good idea to talk…
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Podcast – Stock Market and the Covid Recession

What do the ups and downs of the market mean for the economy and the ordinary person? In this episode of Econ Cafe 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Sean Flynn, author of McConnell/Brue/Flynn Economics, regarding the link between the Covid…
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Podcast – Price Discrimination

In this episode of the Econ Cafe 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Michael Baye and Jeff Prince, authors of Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, about price discrimination in the Covid economy. Moving from definitions and a few examples of first,…
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Podcast – Will Central Banks Adopt Digital Currencies?

Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies” are getting a lot of attention these days. Will central banks like the Federal Reserve adopt their own digital currencies? In this episode of the Econ Café 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Steve Cecchetti and Kermit …

The COVID Supply and Demand Shock

The COVID-19 pandemic caused some of the fastest, biggest shifts of supply and demand curves in history. In this episode of the Econ Café 2020/21 podcast, authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explains what it all means. First, we talk…