The root of rising lumber prices during the COVID-19 pandemic

Retail Sales’ Straightforward Stats

People tend to spend more when they earn more. More goods will be produced to cash in on the spending, and more jobs will be created to produce them.

So, when retail sales are doing well, we can say with (certain) confidence that the economy…

CPI During the Great Recession

The consumer price index is one of the leading economic indicators that help economists and helps…

The History of the German Economy from WWII to the Cold War Period

In Greg Ip’s The Little Book of Economics, he states that “if the economy is an airplane, then it’s four engines are consumers, businesses, government, and exports” (38). Through analyzing Germany’s economic history…

Big Macs, Big Dollars

It’s Tuesday. 10:25 am.

Unemployment Rate as an Economic Indicator

The official definition of unemployment is, people who are jobless and actively…

Labor Shortages in the Food-Service Industry

Tonight at dinner, my brother announced that he started a new side job at a local…

Should you sell your digital soul?

Companies make billions off of our data — but what if we got a cut?

When it (literally) pays to get vaccinated

Should you get vaccinated because it protects you from getting sick, or because it pays a hundred bucks?

As the world chugs toward recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, financial incentives are being showered on citizens everywhere…