- The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has remained the same since 2009. Since then, 29 states and the District of Columbia have set minimum wages above the federal level. Twenty states have minimum wage increases taking effect around the start of the new year.
- What made solar panels so cheap? Thank government policy.
- Richard Branson believes the key to success is a three-day workweek. With today's cutting-edge technology, he believes there is no reason people can't work less hours and be equally — if not more — effective.
- Parliament warns Iran might get hyperinflation by end of March 2019
- A new report suggests NYC's real estate downturn is deepening, and may not hit bottom for months
- U.S. presses China for details on deal to resolve trade tensions
- China's December manufacturing activity contracts even more than expected
- The Next Recession: Mark Zandi says corporate debt could cause 'reckoning' in 2020
- 17 million workers will receive a pay raise in 2019
- Seattle is more affordable than Detroit? How's that even possible?
- An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions
- The Biggest Problem For The Global Economy In 2019 Won't Be The US-China Trade War
- Literally a real life Parable of the Broken Window. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window)
- Data on Turkish bank loans are now basically available through all of Q4 (they go to Dec. 21) and show a contraction in lending in Q4 that is bigger than in Q3, with the contraction driven by Lira-denominated lending (blue).
- New research shows the franchise business model harms workers and franchisees, with the problem rooted in current antitrust law - Equitable Growth
- High-Tax State Exodus
- What Eight Social Trends Told Us About America's Economy in 2018
- Let's not emphasize behavioral economics
- Net zero immigration and shelf contacts min wage post Brexit
- Tech is not an Oligopoly—but these two other industries Are
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