Chicken Little is an Increasingly Rare Bird

Chicken Little is an Increasingly Rare Bird

By Michael Coon  / 13 April 2023
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

By Veronica Horton  / 11 April 2023
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

By Veronica Horton  / 4 April 2023
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?

By Sunita Kumari  / 23 March 2023
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

By Sunita Kumari  / 21 March 2023
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?

By econwpadmin  / 16 March 2023
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

By Sunita Kumari  / 9 March 2023
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

By Veronica Horton  / 7 March 2023
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?

By Sunita Kumari  / 23 February 2023
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

By Sunita Kumari  / 7 February 2023
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Brexit is the term used to mark the event when the United Kingdom (U.K.)...

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U.K. Economy Three Years after Brexit

Brexit is the term used to mark the event when the United Kingdom (U.K.) officially left the European Union (E.U.) trading bloc to define new living, working, and trading conditions for the British citizens on January 31st, 2020. Fast-forward to…

The Economics of the Four Day Workweek

Imagine going to a job interview and the hiring manager saying ‘You don’t want to work on Fridays? No problem. You’re hired.’ Does it seem likely? Pre-covid, probably not, but today, it might just happen. Since the world was abruptly…

‘The’ Value of a Trademark

For college football fans, the cadence at the beginning of a game in Columbus, Ohio is familiar – no not the quarterback doing the count before the snap, but the pause that follows “The” when referring to a player from…

Battle of the Blizzards

Fast food chain Dairy Queen recently lost a court battle over the use of its trademarked name for its ice cream product, Blizzard. The lawsuit sought to stop the office supply company W.B. Mason from selling its bottled water product…

Concerns Over Mail-In Voting and Election Fraud

What’s all the fuss about mail-in voting? President Trump has repeatedly warned that mail-in voting is too inefficient and ridden with fraud to be trusted. But there is little evidence to back up that charge. Absentee ballots came into use…

The Economics of Bans on Plastic Straws

Whole Foods announced on May 20 it would stop offering plastic straws in all of its stores. Other companies such as Starbucks and McDonald’s are taking the same steps.  Meanwhile, some states and cities, including San Francisco and Seattle, are…