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The Incredible Case of the Disappearing Matcha: Heat, Tariffs, and Hype[1]

How rising demand and falling supply led to empty shelves and rising prices

Sep 18 • Nikki Finlay

Why Your $18 Burger Has Nothing To Do With Inflation — Here's The Real Reason

For those of us around in 1984, we can’t forget 81-year-old Clara Peller’s voice shouting “Where’s the Beef” into the ears of hapless fast-food workers.

Sep 16 • Nikki Finlay

How Norse Kings Accidentally Proved Supply and Demand in the 10th Century

The law of demand vs. changes in demand, VAT and books, Norse kings and Icelandic poets

Sep 11 • Nikki Finlay

Chapter 3: A Sneak Preview of Part 2

How prices rise

Sep 5 • Nikki Finlay

How A $210 Billion Car Shortage Taught Me Everything About Supply And Demand

Part 1: Sneak Preview of Chapter 3: How Prices Work

Sep 4 • Nikki Finlay

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(with apologies to Dire Straits)

Jul 17 • Nikki Finlay

🎧 I Spent 3 Months Breaking Down GDP — Here's What Most People Miss

Breaking down GDP by component and putting it back together with an example from the pandemic

Jul 5 • Nikki Finlay

🎧 Why My Canadian Friend Ditched Our Trip to North Georgia for Cancun

And introduction to exchange rates, how raising interest rates affects exchange rates, how changing exchange rates changes the amount we import and…

Jun 29 • Nikki Finlay

🎧 I Found 5 Imported Items in My Bedroom — Here's What They Teach Us About Trade

Why we import and export goods, the two types of advantage: absolute and comparative

Jun 26

🎧 The Day I Banned Social Security Debate from My Economics Classroom Forever

How the federal government spends your tax dollars, the concern over the debt, and rising health care costs

Jun 19

Crash Course on Inflation