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Conflict Beef: The Human Cost of Beef Imports from Nicaragua

Veronica Horton
4 January 2021

Abstract: This video explores human rights violations associated with U.S. imports ofbeef from Nicaragua. While Nicaragua has seen the United States as an important exportmarket for some time, U.S. demand for Nicaraguan beef soared early in the COVID-19pandemic as the…

Podcast – Stock Market and the Covid Recession

Michael Mandel
30 December 2020

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…

Podcast – Price Discrimination

Michael Mandel
28 December 2020

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,…

Sunk Cost

Michael Coon
26 December 2020

On July 12, 2020 a fire broke out aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard while docked in San Diego. The fire burned for five days and caused immense damage to the vessel. At the time of the fire, the 22 year…

United Nations: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia

Audrieanna Burgin
21 December 2020

The United Nations has reportedly run out of food for nearly 100,000 Eritrea refugees. Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Seas coast. Eritrea shares a border with Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti…

EU Hits Amazon with Antitrust Charges (video)

Veronica Horton
18 December 2020

External video link: (Run time: 2:27). Abstract: As part of a crackdown on big tech firms like Amazon, Google, and Facebook, the European Trade Commission has charged Amazon with violating European Union anti-trust legislation. According to the European Commission,…

Ribeye in the Sky

Michael Coon
16 December 2020

This year’s hunting season in Alabama marks the second year that hunters will have a new game to pursue. In 2019 Alabama became the third state east of the Mississippi River to allow for hunting of the Sandhill Crane. Once…

In Africa, Don’t Reach For Your Wallet, Grab Your Mobile Instead (video)

Veronica Horton
12 December 2020

Video Clip: (Time: 3:04) Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business and lives across the world, one industry that is still growing is Africa’s mobile money business. In sub-Saharan Africa, digital cash, or mobile money as it…

Facebook Plans to Remove False Posts About COVID-19 Vaccines

Audrieanna Burgin
11 December 2020

As anticipation for the coronavirus grows, more policies are being implemented. USA Today reports that Facebook will increase its fight against misinformation regarding COVID-19 on its social media platforms. There is no official COVID-19 vaccine, however drug-makers are filing forms…

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U.K. Economy Three Years after Brexit