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Economics
Twin complaints signal new FTC strategy to rein in tech industry
The lawsuit represents the FTC’s most significant effort to rein in consolidation in the tech industry since prominent tech critic Lina Khan became the commission’s chair.
FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69B merger
The FTC said the deal could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business.
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Secrets of the Christmas Tree Trade
Turf wars. Protection money. Scientology. And my boss, a man who’s half-convinced he really is Santa.
Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard nears judgment day
As part of its campaign to soothe regulators ahead of a potential vote, it announced an agreement with Nintendo to bring ‘CoD’ to the Switch for 10 years.
Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard nears judgment day
As part of its campaign to soothe regulators ahead of a potential vote, it announced an agreement with Nintendo to bring ‘CoD’ to the Switch for 10 years.
First of its kind industry report shows New York City’s App-based delivery workers experience harsh working conditions
Los Deliveristas / Worker's Justice Project and Cornell ILR’s Worker Institute released a new report titled, “Essential but Unprotected: App-based Food Couriers in New York City.” The report examines the harsh and unregulated working conditions of app-based delivery workers engaged by digital platforms.
Housing Inflation is Likely Poised to Decelerate by Early 2023 - Zillow Research
A growing body of research shows the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) leads survey-based average rent indexes, including the rent component of the Consumer Price Index, by up to 12 months.
What Are Rights? This Is What the American Founders Believed | Dan Sanchez
By “rights,” the American founders did not mean government-granted entitlements. Indeed they would have rejected such entitlements as incompatible with true rights. Government can only enforce someone’s phony “right” to welfare, health care, education, or internet access by depriving someone else of their genuine rights: either by seizing their earnings or commandeering their labor.
What the American Founders Meant by Equality | Dan Sanchez
Egalitarians today invoke “equality” to deny any variation in qualities among individuals, or in the resulting qualitative tendencies among sets of similar individuals. They condemn any acknowledgment of differences in aptitude, ability, character, and accomplishment as an affront to equality.
But this is far removed from the kind of equality that the authors of the Declaration of Independence were referring to.
Six Ways Socialism is Anti-Social | Lawrence W. Reed
Fact: socialists do not propose to accomplish their objectives by mutual consent.
An Untold Economic Miracle: The Human Prosperity Project
Critics of free markets point to growing income inequality as evidence that capitalism only benefits the wealthy. But focusing too much on income inequality ...
Adam Smith: Ideas Change the World | Lawrence W. Reed
The Father of Economics placed much more faith in people and markets than in kings and edicts.
Is This World Cup a Waste of Money?
Qatar will spend more than $200 billion hosting the 2022 World Cup. What else could they have done instead?
What is The Parable of the Broken Window?
Some people argue that natural disasters and other acts of destruction create wealth and employment as we repair the damage they’ve caused. Professor Dan Ru...
What Happens When the Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates? Lesson for Grades 9-12
Students learn how the Federal Reserve uses interest rate policies to promote maximum employment and price stability.
Inflation vs. wages: Inflation is winning
Visual insights that go beyond the headlines, from Chartr's newsletter published on Nov 14, 2022. Inflation vs. wages: Inflation is winning.
Analysis: Who really pays in Tennessee's sports stadium sales tax zone funding scheme?
(The Center Square) — A new $2.1 billion Tennessee Titans stadium with at least $1.26 million in public funding is planned for Nashville. Memphis is asking for at least $350
US consumer inflation eased to 7.7% over past 12 months
WASHINGTON (AP) — Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows. Consumer inflation reached 7.7% in October from a year earlier and 0.4% from September, the government said Thursday.
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Celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in schools and equip students with financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills they can use to win the game of life with standards-aligned resources for grades 6–12. Discover Venture Valley empowers middle and high school students to embrace everyday business skills and become the boss of their own brand using the financial and business basics explored in the Venture Valley game.
Your Brain on Money
Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution - all so you can make smarter financial decisions.
A Timely Discussion on Unintended Consequences
Daylight Saving Time was intended to improve electricity usage, but those benefits have become suspect. The unintended consequences, however, of such a policy have continued to grow over the years.
The PNC Christmas Price Index
For 39 years, we've calculated the prices of the twelve gifts from the classic carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The result is the PNC Christmas Price Index®, a unique and whimsical holiday tradition that makes learning about the economy fun.
Will Inflation Play the Grinch This Holiday Season?
Prices for typical holiday gifts appear to be rising at a slower pace than overall inflation, but the cost of holiday travel may be quite high.
Classroom Activity: How Fed Policy Transmits to the Economy
This interactive activity reinforces students’ comprehension of the linkages between monetary policy and the economy.
Teaching Market Structures with a Competitive Gum Market
Students participate in an activity that demonstrates a key economic idea: The level of competition in an industry is a major determinant of product prices.
Question: Where do consumers plan to do more holiday shopping this season: online or in-store? - Blog
Are you Team ONLINE or Team IN LINE? Answer: Online Questions: Where do you plan to do your holiday shopping? Solely online? Solely in-store?