Tag: Cost of living
Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations
Grant Alexander Wilson, University of Regina and Tyler Case, University of Saskatchewan
Even as housing markets cool in some...
Soaring inflation prompts biggest Social Security cost-of-living boost since 1981 –...
John W. Diamond, Rice University
Social Security is set to boost the benefits it provides retirees by 8.7%, the...
How much for an amputation or checkup? It takes a complex...
Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University
Modern medicine is remarkable.
Conditions like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C...
Five things that economists know, but sound wrong to most other...
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Economists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy choices in response...
The soaring cost of US child care, in 5 charts
Heidi Steinour, University of South Florida
The cost of having children in the U.S. has climbed exponentially since the 1960s. So it’s no wonder the...
Baby bust: 5 charts show how expensive it is to have...
Heidi Steinour, University of South Florida
Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn’t have children. Thanks in part to this decline in...