Hidden Costs
2019-05-03
Most things are priced at some dollar figure plus 99 cents for good measure. It’s a common mental trick to seemingly lower the price…Continue Reading
Shedding Light on a Shadow Industry
2019-05-03
All industries from retailing to financing rely on consumer data to conduct their businesses. Consumer data is so crucial that companies known as data brokers have revolved their business model ..Continue Reading
The Drivers and Obstacles of Financial Democratization
2019-05-03
Robinhood has taken the world of stock trading by storm. In a market that was previously inaccessible to a …Continue Reading
Whipping Up a Storm in the Markets
2019-05-03
Storms are generally looked at in a negative-light, and for good reason. But from a purely economic perspective…Continue Reading
Rebuilding Coal Country
2019-04-26
“I can tell you what my grand-daddy always said. No matter how many times you beat and kick that dead horse, it’s not getting up to plow again,” a former coal miner…Continue Reading
How Starving Artists Gentrify the Very Places They Now Can’t Afford
2019-04-21
A need for space, hipster tastes, and new money paints the housing crisis in metropolises worldwide..Continue Reading
Soft Landing
2019-04-21
The current boom just became the longest on record. But where do we go from here?…Continue Reading
The China – US Trade Standoff – Unwelcome development, or hidden opportunity?
2019-04-21
The world’s two largest economic superpowers are set to square-off in a bout that is sure to shake up world-markets…Continue Reading
Wealth, Poverty and Kindergarten: The Impact of Early Childhood Education
2019-04-21
If you had to rank different periods of childhood education according to importance, which level…Continue Reading
Content is the New Telecommunications Industry
2019-04-21
You might’ve noticed that when you go into an AT&T or T-Mobile store to purchase a phone plan,…Continue Reading