Economics

A new survey from Piper Jaffray shows that a lot of people would simply eat price increases from Netflix. Compared to past surveys, this shows the service's perceived value is growing.

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NGPF Activity Bank Taxes Teacher Support Teacher Tip Video Virtual Adaptation Ideas MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action Teacher Support Using this Activity in Class The objective of this activity is to teach students how their federal tax dollars are spent using a fun, out-of-their seats, wh...

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Both traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs can be opened for kids of any age, and the benefits range from the savings themselves to learning about money.

Fact Check Finance: Apple claims its contactless payment method, Apple Pay, is safer than using your credit or debit card. Is it?

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For the questions below, refer to the following table showing Jenny's Total Utility from eating pizza.

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As with a lot of developing countries (and developed countries for that matter) there tends to be a reliance on a particular resource which can be to the detriment of its economy. Invariably if an …

Low-income students with college jobs are more likely to have lower grade-point averages and less likely to graduate than their higher income peers.

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Taxes and subsidies 1.Suppose that you refill your cat’s prescription every month, buying exactly 30 pills, no more and no less, regardless of the price. If the government eliminates all taxes on pet medications, who will benefit more? ​a) Pet owners will receive the entire tax savings.***...

Taxpayers spend $7 billion a year to subsidize crop insurance. Economists don't like it. Neither do some farmers.

What happens when a new tariff gets put in place? To really see the action, you have to go to Newark, New Jersey.

Atlanta offered 50 free parking spots and a lounge for Amazon executives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe said Monday that it will now limit members to only three movies a month.

Government researchers did not offer an explanation, but experts cited factors including changing economics and fewer teen pregnancies.

We can find some clues to how the shutdown might end in game theory, which uses math to map out how players and their strategies evolve in the real world.

Have a question for Dan? You can submit a question in advance of his live session on February 13 to conversations@fuqua.duke.edu. During that live session, you may tweet questions for Professor Ariely using the #fuquaalumni hashtag. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pain of Paying: The Psychology of Money Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics During this session, you will learn: - why paying with cash for a nice dinner feels worse than paying with a credit ca...

Try your hand at this nonpartisan online budget simulation that lets you decide both how much to spend on schools, prisons, health care and other state programs, as well as how to pay for those programs.