Economics

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.

How long will it take you to save up for retirement? This interactive early retirement calculator will estimate your retirement age for a range of inputs.

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.

Financial literacy is a key component of PwC’s Access Your Potential commitment. This curriculum is composed of easy-to-follow lesson plans accompanied by interactive handouts and dynamic multimedia components

U.S. senators have asked the U.S. intelligence community to assess the national security risks of the video-sharing platform: should TikTokers be worried?

Being financially responsible can be hard. Teaching financial responsibility to kids can be even harder.

/PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent survey, 93 percent of teens believe economics education is "important," yet struggle with basic concepts like "supply and...

Focus on the value created, not just the prices paid.

For 47 cents, the College Board will sell an individual’s information, allowing schools to market themselves more broadly. This encourages an increase in applications, which can lead to higher rejection rates.

 Priceless!  As more states consider increasing access to personal finance, we should expect advocates to be questioned about the value of a personal finance course or in investment parlance, "What's the Return on Investment (ROI)?"   We know there is lots of academic value to the course as it develops the following skills: Analytical thinking Problem-solving Teamwork through group projects Decision-making in ambiguous situations where there may not be one right answer Communication skills, including written and oral in classroom discussions and presentations It also presents...

Author A.J. Jacobs embarked on a quest with a deceptively simple idea at its heart: to personally thank every person who helped make his morning cup of coffee. More than one thousand "thank yous" later, Jacobs reflects on the globe-trotting journey that ensued -- and shares the life-altering wisdom he picked up along the way. "I discovered that my coffee would not be possible without hundreds of people I take for granted," Jacobs says.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION In Florida, reporter Gloria Alverez talked to Venezuelan immigrants, and most of them told her socialism doesn’t work. Stossel warns that if we don’t realize that socialism is to blame for Venezuela’s destruction, “other tragedies like Venezuela will happen again and again.” Do ...

From Zebra State of Insurance report:  Questions: Using data from the chart above, explain why 16-17 year olds pay the highest insurance premiums?  What age group has the lowest premiums? Why do you think that is the case?  Based on the data above, at what age do you think driving skills first start to deteriorate?  As cars continue to add safety features, what impact do you think that will have on accident rates? on premiums?  ------------------- Thanks to NGPF super intern Ansh for compiling the last 20+ Charts of the Week in this document. 

Answer: 12% It is time once again to take a look at new data on this often quoted number, and put it in context. (In fact, 12% is the critical figure here, representing those who can’t pay it at all: 27% would have to borrow or sell something to cover the expense.) Questions: Are you surprised by this number? Why or why not? What are some emergency expenses that could amount to $400?

Interactive charts illustrating trends in U.S. household debt and credit data

VIDEO DESCRIPTION Allowing organ sales would save lives, but critics say it would hurt the poor. Download Teacher's Guide Download Video (.mp4 FILE) To download this video or the Teacher's Guide that goes along with it, please login. If you don't have an account, register now for ...