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The Economics of Gratitude

The Economics of “Affordability”: Why the Word Works and Why It Worries Me

Can Virtual Reality Teach Economics Better Than a Textbook?

A Majority of Westerners Are Dissatisfied With Democracy — and That’s Okay

We Have Data! (Finally.)

Libraries as Engines of Economic Mobility

What Do We Really Expect From College Professors?

Did We Really Lose A Million Jobs in 2025?

The Economic Case Against SNAP Work Requirements

What are Your Views on Zohran Mamdani?

Let's Talk About the Cost of Breakfast

Are We Teaching the Right Skills? What Students Say They Learn

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The 50 Year Mortgage

Senate Advances Deal to Reopen Government After Centrist Democrats Strike Major Compromise

Reflection on Building Decode Econ

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?

Market Rap: Talking Through the Week in Markets, Policy, and Power

Climate Change: a Million Paper Cuts

The Role of Local Libraries in Promoting Entrepreneurship

The Failure to Govern is an Economic Problem

What the Recent Fed Statement Tells Us

Why We Paid $20 for a Chicken Card

What Reagan’s 1987 Tariffs Can Teach Us About Trump’s Trade Policy

Cooler Than Expected, Yet Higher Than It Should Be

SNAP and Hunger Are the New Bargaining Tool

Delinquencies Are on the Rise

The Economics of Attention: Why Netflix Wants Your Ears Too

Building Confidence: The Skill That Powers Every Other Skill

Spending on Local Libraries and Student Outcomes

Looking for Cockroaches and Holding Our Breath

Two-Sided Risk: Which do you pick?

What We’re Reading: Trade Wars, Innovation, and Independent Voices

Rare-Earth Minerals and Trump's Tariffs?

Are You Really Paying 22% in Taxes?

When Trade Wars Hit Home: How Tariffs Broke the Heartland

​​The Mississippi Miracle

From Headlines into Teachable Moments

Should Quarterly Earnings Be Scrapped?

Leveraging LinkedIn for Career Advancemet

The Corporate Catfish Experiment

ADP reported that U.S. private-sector employers shed 32,000 jobs in September

How do Government Shutdowns End?

Why is the U.S. Bailing Out Argentina?

Why Republicans and Democrats Want a Government Shutdown

Why Starbucks Thinks Fewer Customers Can Lead to More Profit

10+ Book Recommendations for Economics

Smaller Pumpkins, Bigger Prices

A Lecture on Gen Z and the Skills Gap

How Does Gen Z's Income Compare?

The Economics of “I Do”: Making Money Conversations Work

The Great American Isolation

A $100,000 Barrier to Entry

How Much Would You Pay to Avoid Different Political Views Than Your Own?

The Hidden Message Behind the Fed’s Rate Cut

What Happens When Cell Phones are Banned in High School

The Hidden Scars of Recessions

The Law That Changed Marriage and Divided America

Inflation Data and Mortgage Rates

BLS Revises Jobs Down by 911,000

Egypt’s Rental Laws Eliminate Price Ceilings

How Bad is the Jobs Situation?

AI May Already Be Displacing Workers

The Job Market is Cooling

Why Inequality Shapes Our Cities

Markets Hate September

How the U.S. Turned Its Back on Capitalism

Digging into the GDP Data

“De Minimis” Exemption

Everyone’s Talking About Cracker Barrel…But What About Chili’s?

President Fires Lisa Cook

The Case for Economic Literacy

Weekly Wrap @ Decode Econ

The Bifurcated Economy

He-Cession or Canary in the Coal Mine?

Producer Prices Jump, But CPI Stays Cool (For Now)

When Numbers Lie

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