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.
The introduction of new transportation lines in Lima, Peru and other megacities of the world can reduce commuting times for students and enhance access to college education, although gender disparities might persist. A blog by Assistant Professor, Fabiola Alba-Vivar for IGC. Read full article.
Creative destruction can do a lot of good for the economy—if we let it. Dr. John Dalton and Andrew Logan (‘21) talk about the rise of Netflix and the fall of Blockbuster in an article they wrote for the Foundation for Economic Education. It discusses […]
Are betting markets more accurate than polls? Economics professor Koleman Strumpf participated in a discussion on presidential election betting in this episode of Freakonomics. “For regular people, the amount of information you can get out of these markets is vast. It’s the […]