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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from global inequality to Girl Scout cookies.

A behavioral economist can explain why it is good marketing to have one of our favorite Girl Scout cookies temporarily disappear.

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from the Barbie movie to the Super Bowl.

Slowing an upward march, the price of Super Bowl ads remained high as did their demand and probable return on a massive investment.

Looking at how firms compete, the results of the Oreo Hydrox cookie wars are the perfect example of strategies that depend on the market.

Noting the Oscar nominations that top-grossing film “Barbie” did not get, we can ask if the film industry patriarchy was the reason.

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from forgetting subscriptions to a pandemic past.

In breakfast wars among fast food establishments, one key weapon in their arsenal is the French toast stick.

In a new moon race this year, five private companies’ lunar landers were supposed to transport NASA devices to the moon.

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week’s economic news roundup ranges from an airline breakup to our water bottles.