728 x 90

Economics

  • The Economics of ‘Mending Wall’

    The Economics of ‘Mending Wall’3

    Mending Wall, the endearing 1914 poem by Robert Frost, offers important lessons about economics and cooperation. While the poem contains lessons about balancing tolerance and acceptance, modernity and tradition, and perhaps the efficacy of national borders, it remains open to interpretation. The surface-level message, repeated twice in the poem, is that “good fences make good neighbors,” which

    READ MORE
  • Five-Dollar Eggs and the Gift of Productivity

    Five-Dollar Eggs and the Gift of Productivity2

    A dozen eggs now cost five dollars at my local grocery store. I would complain, but given that some people are reporting nine dollar eggs, it seems like a better idea to just shut up, be grateful, and ration the eggs I do have. An even better move would be to consider how smart my neighbor John*

    READ MORE
  • Southwest Meltdown: End Airline Corporate Welfare

    Southwest Meltdown: End Airline Corporate Welfare0

    Southwest Airlines experienced an enormous meltdown over the Christmas holiday week last month, cancelling thousands of flights, and losing track of—or outright losing—countless pieces of luggage. The airline was full of excuses, of course. As has become fashionable for government and corporate screw-ups, airline management attempted to blame Covid for staffing problems. Southwest also blamed

    READ MORE
  • American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?

    American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?36

    For Christmas this year, my daughter gave me an unusual gift. She hired a service to deep clean my house for four hours. At 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, a small car pulled into my driveway. Two men and a woman got out and removed buckets and supplies from the trunk, and we introduced

    READ MORE
  • The New-Normaling of Blackouts

    The New-Normaling of Blackouts2

    On Christmas Eve, 2022, in North Carolina, something happened that had never happened before in living memory. People across the state were alerted by their power company, Duke Energy, that there would be rolling blackouts in the aftermath of a severe (but “not exceedingly rare”) winter wind storm. At least 12 other states received similar and previously unheard-of

    READ MORE
  • 7 Financial Tips From the Book of Proverbs

    7 Financial Tips From the Book of Proverbs1

    Ask someone from the millennial or Generation Z crowds about tech-related topics and you’ll likely get an encyclopedia of knowledge pouring forth. Ask those same cohorts about a financial decision or money-related matter and you just might get a deer-in-the-headlights look. Over two-thirds of people ages 18-41 have “financial topics they want advice on,” a Harris

    READ MORE

Latest Posts

Top Authors

© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024