Did Streaming Kill the Video Star?
2025-02-24
On-demand streaming is transforming the film industry. Learn how this transition affects consumers, producers, and investors.Continue Reading
First Woman, New Vision: Early Steps Towards a Stronger Mexico
2024-11-05
In Mexico, a country burdened by a policy-induced sluggish economy, newly appointed President Claudia Sheinbaum seeks to redefine the national trajectory on her terms. Her success, and Mexico’s, will ultimately depend on her ability to balance continuity with innovation and fix what is broken.Continue Reading
What’s going on with Taiwan?
2024-04-25
Despite China’s efforts, they can’t keep Taiwan under their grasps. With a severing economy and growing independence, the People’s Republic of China’s momentum in actualizing the One China Policy reflects the fear of Taiwan’s growing autonomy. Continue Reading
“Say ‘Cheese!’”
2024-03-18
This is how the famous Missouri cheese cave came to be; its existence is a testament to the failure of the government to adequately oversee markets in the long run.Continue Reading
Waste Not, Want Not: A Circular Food Economy
2024-02-22
Transitioning from a linear to a circular food economy stands as a pivotal solution to address the pressing problem of food waste. This collaborative endeavor holds promise not only in mitigating environmental challenges but also in enhancing food security, fostering economic growth, and paving the way for a sustainable and resilient future.Continue Reading
The Stripper Index: Decoding the Economic Signals of Sex Work
2024-02-05
The Stripper Index, named for how it relates the revenue generated by strippers’ cash tips to the financial strain of consumers and the current economic cycle, though it encompasses all forms of sexual labor, has been mostly a joke to economists as they continue to explore different methods of predicting the economy. However, when X user and stripper @botticellibimbo correctly predicted the economic decline in 2022 based on her recent profits at work, economists began to examine the Stripper Index more closely.Continue Reading
Paying With Pandas
2023-11-30
Ultimately, this game of panda tug-of-war seems to be a manifestation of the boiling pettiness between two prominent global superpowers.Continue Reading
People’s Park Proposal: A Community Crisis
2023-11-29
The People’s Park project is a sound solution from a purely economic perspective. However, economic issues never exist in a vacuum, especially on a community level.Continue Reading
Fast Fashion’s Dirty Secret
2023-11-11
Regardless of the benefits and drawbacks of fast fashion, it is important that we start living sustainably and use the right ingredients to make our clothing. The path we are on now will have long-term negative effects on the earth’s resources, resulting in waste in underdeveloped areas of the world, as well as other profound negative consequences.Continue Reading
New on the Menu: Cultured Meat, With a Side of Space
2023-04-10
Cultured meat is shining as the environmentally friendly, cruelty-free alternative to conventional meat. However, issues of ethics, price, and resources still stand in the way and show that this scientific milestone is far from perfect.Continue Reading