Professor Todd McFall shares insights on how the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve operates and its role in stabilizing energy markets in a recent interview with Marketplace. Dive into the full story to learn how this critical resource impacts global oil dynamics. Read more
On January 2, 2025, Professor Koleman Strumpf of Wake Forest University took the stage at the prestigious Freakonomics Radio Live event in San Francisco. Held at the iconic Sydney Goldstein Theater during the main annual economics meeting, the event attracted over 1,500 attendees and featured […]
Associate Professor Tommy Leung published an article in The Conversation examining whether media bias stems more from journalists’ perspectives or audience preferences. Drs. Leung and Strumpf’s study suggests that supply-side factors, like journalists’ decisions, significantly shape bias, even when accounting for reader demand.. Full […]
Dr. Todd McFall talked with WGHP-TV about the rising cost of groceries. There’s a big increase in wages hidden inside the general inflation. “What we saw in the middle of 2022 was that consumers were willing to pay all of that price change … What […]
Economics Professor, Robert Whaples was interviewed on Ava Maria Radio with recently discussing President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to impose tariffs on some goods imported to the US. Listen here.
Associate Professor, John Dalton, did a podcast with Jonathan Fortier of The Liberty Exchange discussing the economist Joseph Schumpeter and his Big Idea of creative destruction, including entrepreneurship, innovation, the recent cases of Blockbuster/Netflix and Uber/NYC taxicabs, the Age of AI, the negative income tax, […]
In an interview with ECN Assistant Professor, Fabiola Alba-Vivar, learn how these trains are being refurbished to serve Peru’s outlying areas. Listen
Check out some of the interviews and articles where he shared his insights below! Strumpf was also featured in CoinDesk: “If U.S. Election Is Disputed, Prediction Markets Could Face ‘Hornet’s Nest‘” and “Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by […]
By Savannah Peters | Marketplace This was a breakout election cycle for election wagering, which was legal thanks to a U.S. district court decision last month. While pollsters ask people how they intend to vote in an election, prediction markets have traders gather information, […]
New data shows more than $100 million has been legally wagered on the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidential race. Koleman Strumpf, the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy at Wake Forest University, joins CBS News for an in-depth interview.