Having just gone up, garment workers’ wages in Bangladesh show the tradeoff between cheap fast fashion and fair pay.
Microeconomics
Where Less Work Is More Productive
Seeing a UAW settlement, we can ask how the length and productivity of the United States workweek compares to other OECD nations.
How Supermarkets Boost What We Buy
Looking at a century of supermarket history, we would see how, using carts, bar codes, and self checkout they tried to boost what we buy.
Who Spends What on Food?
Looking closely at food spending, we see that, based on where, when, age, income and eductaion, it will vary.
What Our Chairs Say About Us
We are talking about chair economics when we look back and then across cultures at the impact of how we sit.
How the 1930s UAW Strike Is Like Today
Comparing two UAW strikes, we can see that the 1930s and 2023 are really not that different when we look at a changing economy.
Why Starbucks Needs Henry Ford
With the Starbucks Latte menu, success has the potential for failure because the more they make, the longer customers have to wait.
Where Katy Perry Went Catalog Shopping
We can look at record catalog sales to see how musicians guarantee current income rather than waiting for possible future earnings.
How Women Surprised Economists
Surprising economists, after pandemic lows, the number of working women in the labor force with young children went up.
The Truck Accident That Released Five Million Bees
Opening a bag of almonds, we can recognize the millions of bees owned by commercial pollinators that made our snack possible.