Economics

The trend is on track to exacerbate dramatic wealth and income gaps in the U.S., where divides are already wider than any other nation in the G-7.

I recently spent some time on Twitter discussing the monetary wonders of Starbucks. In this post I'll bring a bunch of tweets together i...

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An Entirely New Guide to the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

Worries of a K-shaped recovery are growing in the alphabet-obsessed economics profession. That would entail continued growth, but split sharply between industries and economic groups.

Speculative frenzies happen now and then -- and they can seriously hurt your financial health.

Cutting out commutes have also reduced CO2 emissions.

NGPF Activity Bank Budgeting Spanish version PROJECT: Budgeting with Roommates Right out of college, many young adults choose to live with roommates because of the cost saving advantages. However, working out the budgeting logistics between roommates takes some effort and organization. ...

Note: For more activities and tips that you can use while you are teaching remotely, be sure to check out the Teaching Remotely section of the Teacher Toolkit.  ---------------- The Bean Game stands out as a definite teacher and student favorite. It has a simple set-up, it's student-centered and applies core budgeting principles such as wants vs. needs and adjusting for financial hardships. Knowing that many of you are now teaching remotely, we developed a Bean Game virtual map where students make their choices on the map with numbers instead of beans.

There’s a saying in neuroscience: “Don’t ask the person, ask the brain!” What does this mean in practice? And how does it affect the way we shop? Colin Camerer, a behavioral economist at the

What motivates experts to contribute to Wikipedia? Yan Chen, an economics professor at University of Michigan, ran a field experiment to find out.Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites in the

SUPPORT us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/twocentspbsds SUBSCRIBE to Two Cents! https://goo.gl/jQ857H Every decision you make comes with a price, which economists call the "opportunity cost." Understanding it can help you become a better CFO of your life. Two Cents was created by Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews, Philip Olson CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. We love dropping some knowledge on all things personal finance and helping you make better money decisions. sources: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Microeconomics/Opportunity_Cost https://www.th...

As FCA US LLC extends offers to more than a thousand Detroiters, employment agency Detroit at Work's job pipeline model is getting put to the test.The automaker committed to consider Detroit residents first for many of the nearly 5,000 jobs it plans to add at two east-side plants as part of its…

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In this personal finance activity book, students will complete one-page handouts including sing-a-longs, matching, and drawings.

ISBN: 978-1-56183-742-7 Teaching Financial Crises is an eight lesson resource that provides an organizing framework in which to contextualize all of the media attention that has been paid to the recent financial crisis, as well as put it in a historical context. The current events stories, opinion pieces, and other popular media pieces that are today in great supply have generally not connected to educational objectives, historical analysis, and economic processes and concepts that are used in the high school classroom. In Teaching Financial Crises, teachers will find a non-partisan and non...

The Jackson Hole Symposium has provided public transparency since the first session in 1978. Representatives from the news media have been in the room with full access to the program and participants, and a transcript of the symposium papers and discussion is published online along with an attendee list. In addition, an e-book titled, “In Late August” tells the history of the Symposium. The Economic Symposium’s complete archive is available at kansascityfed.org.

The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.

According to a new study, less than half of the money was spent; a third was saved for a rainy day

Learn how the characteristics of this cast of five creatures are similar to the security and design features of U.S. currency. Created with youth audiences in mind, this animated video is great for classroom use.

Post-financial crisis, interest on reserves became the primary tool for adjusting the fed funds rate. And the ON RRP rate is now a supplementary tool that acts as a “floor.”

Here's a look how much it costs to buy ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner from Aldi, Costco, Trader Joe's, Walmart and Whole Foods.

Consumer spending makes up almost 70% of the US economy, and businesses are fighting for a slice of the pie. The more we can understand what motivates people to buy, the easier it will be to market to them. Check out the infographic below to see the breakdown of shopping trends by each generation.

The delay of the spring buying season prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel home sales into the colder months that are typically slower for the housing market. Data from Farmington Hills-based Realcomp Ltd. II released this week shows yet another consecutive month of year-over-year…