Jodi BeggsYou Have Questions About Textbook Prices, I Have Answers…So I saw the following tweet yesterday and thought it would be helpful to talk a little about textbooks…Aug 28, 20181Aug 28, 20181
Jodi BeggsOn the Revival of the “Quarterly Capitalism” DiscussionOk, I’m a little late with this, but, um, he might kind of have a point…Aug 22, 20181Aug 22, 20181
Jodi BeggsHere are the Victims of Insider Trading, Hope I Didn’t Keep You Waiting Too LongThe way 2018 is going, it should not shock you too much that we’ve gotten to the “a little insider trading never hurt anyone” phase of the…Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
Jodi BeggsWhat The Brady Bunch Can Tell Us About Housing Market DynamicsSo I have a new dream purchase, since I learned this week that the Brady Bunch house is up for sale. I’m still kinda pissed that I missed…Jul 25, 2018Jul 25, 2018
Jodi BeggsWading Into the Minimum Wage Debate, Monopsony EditionNot to be a Debbie Downer, but overall wage growth in the U.S. has been anemic lately, and minimum wages haven’t kept up with inflation…Jul 11, 20181Jul 11, 20181
Jodi BeggsSo Do We Still Have Unions Now or No? Economics Can (Sort of) Answer That!Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released a number of decisions, including one that can basically be summarized as follows:Jun 29, 20182Jun 29, 20182
Jodi BeggsHow Not to Sound Like an Idiot About the Trade Deficit, Part 1Ok, we need to talk about the trade balance…not so much whether trade deficits are bad, since I fear that we’re not even ready for that…Jun 20, 20181Jun 20, 20181
Jodi BeggsNot to alarm you, but here’s a headline that’s been popping up a bunch:Anywhere? Are you sure? Because, not gonna lie, my backup plan for when I get sick of the world is to go take a minimum wage job and live…Jun 14, 2018Jun 14, 2018
Jodi BeggsWhy Did One Simple Jobs Tweet Arouse the Ire of Economists Everywhere?So here’s a tweet that seems fairly uncontroversial on the surface…Jun 1, 2018Jun 1, 2018
Jodi BeggsDear Workers: Actually, You’re Still Allowed to File Class-Action Lawsuits…MaybeI’m seeing a lot of commentary along the following lines…May 23, 2018May 23, 2018