Tag: economics
The true cost of food is far higher than what you...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price...
How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
Latisha Nixon-Jones, Jacksonville University
Imagine saving for years to buy your dream house, only to have surging property...
Teenagers often know when their parents are having money problems −...
Jamie Hanson, University of Pittsburgh
When parents try to shield their kids from financial hardship, they may be doing...
The myth of men’s full-time employment
Sarah Damaske, Penn State and Adrianne Frech, Ohio University
Men’s employment in the U.S. reached a 20-year high in...
Wendy’s ‘surge pricing’ mess looks like a case study in stakeholder...
Vivek Astvansh, McGill University
Just two words created a publicity nightmare for fast-food giant Wendy’s: dynamic pricing.
Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been...
Eleanor Brown, Fordham University; June Carbone, University of Minnesota, and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia
Brides.com predicts that 2024...
With the economy looking bright enough, the Federal Reserve seems content...
Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha
If there’s one thing you can say about Fed policymakers, it’s that they...
Why did Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 have a sealed-off emergency exit...
Amy Fraher, Yale University
The aviation industry is still in shock from a near disaster on Jan. 5, 2024,...