Tag: economics
With higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+...
Kathryn Cramer Brownell, Purdue University
There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and...
Economic lookahead: As we ring in 2024, can the US economy...
Economic lookahead: As we ring in 2024, can the US economy continue to avoid a recession?
Good things...
4 business lessons from the Boston Tea Party
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
December 2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of...
Oh, Christmas tree: The economics of the US holiday tree industry
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and Patrick Abouchalache, Boston University
Christmas today is a big business, and one part...
COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate...
Paul Winters, University of Notre Dame
For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the...
Airlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
As the U.S. holiday travel season picks up,...
To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks
Martijn Jeroen van der Linden, Hague University of Applied Sciences
Over the past decade, the super-rich and large corporations...
Why are some Beanie Babies worth more than others? Prices for...
Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado Boulder
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
EXPLORING NATURE
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many...
