Tag: Money
The better you are at math, the more money seems to...
Pär Bjälkebring, University of Gothenburg and Ellen Peters, University of Oregon
Your grade school math teacher probably told you...
Student loan debt is crushing Americans – 4 essential reads
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation and Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
US$1.7 trillion. That’s how much college students and graduates owed...
Bitcoin will soon be ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin...
Students from struggling economic backgrounds sent home with food for the...
Michael Kurtz, Lycoming College
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The...
You don’t need to worry about spreading the coronavirus with cash
Marilyn Roberts, University of Washington
Some people worry that cash may be spreading the coronavirus.
Earlier this year, both China and South Korea began sterilizing their...
Curious Kids: Why is money green?
Jonah Estess, American University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
Scammers don’t cheat because they need the money — they cheat...
Marco A. Palma, Texas A&M University
Why do people cheat?
When we hear that a poor person scammed others out of money, we may attribute...
Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can...
Richard S. Warr, North Carolina State University
In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up – a process called inflation.
While you might not like...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
