The Beigie Awards are back to recognize the regional Federal Reserve Bank with the best Beige Book entry. This time, we shine a spotlight on one entry that explains how some businesses are feelin...
https://npr.org/2024/05/01/1197964358/what-a-cabinet-maker-can-teach-us-about-interest-rates
Sandwiched between a burger joint and an oyster bar in New York City hangs a daunting image: The National Debt Clock. And that debt number? It just keeps ticking up. How deep in the hole are we? ...
https://npr.org/2024/04/30/1197964071/federal-debt-national-deficit
An economic perspective on misinformation
Launches by commercial space companies are becoming more frequent. Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration licensed 117, an all-time high. But these spaceflight companies aren't paying for...
https://npr.org/2024/04/29/1197964063/taxing-the-final-frontier
About thirty years ago, Yagya Kumar Pradhan woke up to the news that the temple he and his clan used had been broken into. The temple had been ransacked. And someone had stolen two holy Bhairav m...
https://npr.org/2024/04/26/1197958900/bhairav-masks-stolen-rubin-museum-nepal
We wrap up our series on the economics of the video game industry with a triple roundup. Today, how the new ban on noncompete contracts could affect the gaming industry, whether young men are sla...
https://npr.org/2024/04/26/1197964057/video-game-industry-week-the-final-level
The origins of competitive gaming are rooted in college campuses going back to the early 1970s. Now a globally popular industry, esports is at the center of many questions about long-term financi...
https://npr.org/2024/04/24/1197964043/the-boom-and-bust-of-esports
(Note: This episode originally ran in 2023 .) Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for decades. But, in 2022, support for unions among Americans was the highest it's been in decades....
Gaming provides entertainment and community for billions of people worldwide. However, video games haven't always been accessible to those with disabilities. But this is changing. Today, in the ...
The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.