Economic Ideas Archives - Econlife (original) (raw)

November 11, 2024

Looking at apple markets, we would see that farmers and tghe federal government are wrestling with supply and demand problems.

November 10, 2024

Whether looking at the 1930s or now, we see that the impact of tariffs on businesses, on global trade, and on government revenue is negative.

November 7, 2024

Looking at post election consumer spending, we can ask if winning party affiliation boosts an individual's spending.

November 5, 2024

When economists focus on measuring happiness, they look at marriage and money, gender and race, and much more.

November 4, 2024

While it's easy to attract many maladies when managing natural resource wealth, Norway and Botswana figured out how to avoid Dutch Disease.

October 30, 2024

In its October report, IMF economic projections display a world, fueled by the U.S. that is on the upswing.

October 25, 2024

With drugs making it easier for us to avoid obesity, we can ask if the link between more weight and less wealth for women will continue.

October 22, 2024

The connection between Starbucks and startups displays how a coffee shop can be more than a place to buy a drink.

October 18, 2024

Inadequately considered by the presidential candidates, immigration economics will have a gargantuan impact of the U.S. economy.

October 16, 2024

Irritated by half full bags of potato chips, we should know that there is a good reason for the slack-fill.

October 15, 2024

With the demise of "Doing Business," the World Bank just announced a replacement that focuses on business friendliness and much more.

October 13, 2024

Seemingly very different, because tennis and port automation both involve people being replaced by machines, the tradeoffs are similar.