Tipping Fatigue: Why Americans Say Tipping is Out of Control
It’s 12 o’clock in the afternoon, and like you, thousands of Americans need their midday coffee. You stroll to your local coffee shop and get in the long line. You shuffle forward and order your...
View ArticleRaise the Wage: A Discussion on The Benefits of Raising the Federal Minimum Wage
In my last blog post, I discussed the frustration of tipflation, pointing to a real living wage as a solution. And so, it is paramount that we discuss the Federal minimum wage and the benefits of...
View ArticleDepoliticising the Federal Minimum Wage
In my last blog post, I discussed the possible benefits of raising the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour. I noted that this is a critical discussion to have, and it is also very complicated. Given...
View ArticleDoes Raising the Federal Minimum Wage Reduce Jobs?
In my last few articles, I have discussed some of the benefits of raising the federal minimum wage and why we should regulate the federal minimum wage outside of politics. While I have clarified my...
View ArticleModeling Religion Through Economics
In most social sciences, religion has been viewed as a fleeting force in everyday life. In the view of Sociology, religion is a tie to a primitive past, and as people become more educated, religion...
View ArticleThe Work of Claudia Goldin: Gender Pay Gap and The Nobel Prize.
This last weekend, the 2023 Nobel Prize winners for Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Economics all received prizes commemorating Alfred Nobel’s death on December 10th. While not...
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