Tag: economics
More than just chips: Chinese threats and Trump tariffs could disrupt...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
What would the United States stand to lose economically if its current access to...
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government....
Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly...
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth
On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to...
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.
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
