Economic Way of Thinking

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Sugar, waffle or cake? At Joy Baking Group’s cone factory in Pennsylvania, ice cream is always put on an edible pedestal.

'Farm Bill programs should be revised to incentivize fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods and to make them more accessible and affordable.'

One of the arguments for traffic violation fines is that they make the road a safer place, but does this hold up?

What does it take to stop driving?

Legislation that would restore tax credits for film production in Michigan has run into opposition from an unlikely source: unionized teachers.

Michigan has plunged headlong into the electric vehicle (EV) and battery industry with all the grace of a bull in a china shop, spending a cool $1 billion

40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania's fracking byproduct.

“Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success in best serving the public.”

The offering will include four items — a McChicken or McDouble, four piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink.

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A new test developed by Carleton University researchers to detect low-quality sap is being hailed as a way to prevent thousands of litres of maple syrup from circling the drain each year.

I wanted to see how daily patterns emerge at the individual level and how a person’s entire day plays out. So I simulated 1,000 of them.

The CHIPS Act is working out just as well as the Jalen Brunson signing for the Knicks.

The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an unexpected place; fool's gold, or pyrite, deposits.

From Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk, the most successful people in the world share one thing: they allocate time in the day to learning.

Wendy's is giving away a free order of fries every Friday for the rest of the year starting April 19, the company announced Wednesday.

With federal aid applications lagging amid a botched federal rollout, Michigan leaders are hoping free pizza might be a motivator for high school students considering college.

Non-brand-name drugs are one inexpensive part of the healthcare system but they’re driving some manufacturers out of business

There’s been a mere 8% increase in students eating taxpayer-paid school lunches in Michigan

The New York City Marathon is being asked to pay roughly $750,000 a year to make up for toll revenue lost while the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is closed.

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The city estimates that its wildly popular e-bike subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.

Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.

According to science, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Is that also true in our economy? When policymakers and other leaders are faced with decisions, it's often easy to think something along the lines of "just do something!" But when policy is enacted to help achieve a certain outcome, it's possible that there might be unintended consequences. This interactive game from Marginal Revolution University will demonstrate to students when taking action to solve a problem, you also have to think about what ripple effect that action might have.

The word “scarcity” is used to mean multiple things. Distinguishing these different uses can help us think more clearly about economic issues.

Welcome to March Madness, when a confluence of non-fans, casual fans, and hardcore fans clutch their brackets and wait -- and in the process, worker productivity becomes secondary.