Why Are Taxpayers Paying For Stadiums? - Long Story Short | The Daily Show
"The Yankees pledged to donate $40 million to the affected areas, but the immediate community has barely seen a dime from the team. And more importantly, the...
Economic Reasoning Principles - Foundation For Teaching Economics
PEOPLE FACE TRADEOFFS Scarcity exists and it doesn’t go away. Because resources are limited, people must make choices. PEOPLE ECONOMIZE People choose the alternatives that they perceive to offer the greatest excess of benefits over costs. ALL CHOICES INVOLVE COSTS The opportunity cost of a choice is the foregone alternative, the (benefits of the) alternative […]
Updated timeline of the most visited websites on the Internet from 1995 to 2023. Two major updates: added more accurate and complete data from 1990s, added m...
Weight-Loss Drugs Estimated to Save Airlines Millions
Airlines and planemakers obsess about reducing jet-fuel consumption by constantly finding new ways to reduce aircraft weight. They may have new allies in Ozempic and other similar slimming medications.
New Lithium Discovery Highlights Why We Never Run Out of Resources | Peter Jacobsen
A new discovery of lithium this last week led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards electric vehicles would exhaust too much of the world’s supply of lithium—an important component in batteries. This raises an interesting question. Why do we never run out of resources when experts say we will?
Thinking on the margin is one of the most fundamental concepts in economics–and a valuable everyday tool for making optimal decisions. For such an important ...
“Most of the stadium public finance research, including mine, has focused on construction subsidies, but this is a good reminder that they are only part of the welfare programs for billionaires lavished on sports team owners.”
Incentive programs have lured thousands of remote workers from major metro areas to small cities
Nearly four years have passed since Tulsa Remote began promising $10,000 to workers who’d relocate to the Oklahoma city for at least one year. Here’s where that program and similar efforts stand today.
$20 gift cards and $1 books: GOP primary candidates test novel ways to raise money as they scramble for a spot on next month's debate stage | CNN Politics
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to people who donate at least $1 to his presidential campaign. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has promised grassroots fundraisers a 10% cut of the money they bring into his campaign. Other candidates are just pleading for $1 donations or offering campaign swag at a steep discount.
Boston Offers Tax Breaks to Turn Empty Offices Into Housing
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is offering hefty tax breaks to companies to turn offices into housing, the latest example of a city seeking to address the challenges of remote work hitting downtowns and a lack of affordable residences.