Which is the most and least expensive city to attend an NBA game for you and 3 friends? For once, geography does not seem to matter. See interesting data here...
Here is an interesting survey of NBA (National Basketball Association) teams and how much it costs to attend a game.  Lots of interesting data on individual costs for various items, from tickets to parking. This report compiled a "Fan Cost Index ".  It show...

Nice real life data and graphs to illustrate a Price Floor. A must know concept for the AP Microeconomics test!
Agricultural commodities are produced in technically what is called a  “Perfectly Competitive” Market.  .   The prices are established in commodity exchanges, like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) , based on world-wide demand and
supply.  Farmers simpl...

More evidence the Federal government is a book keeper and not an doer.
Here is some isolated data from the just released 2015 Budget Outlook by the White House. Once again I find myself staring at numbers that demonstrate the Federal Government has become more of an entity that writes checks ("Transfer Payments") to people and...

An increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour is the WORST thing that can happen to a single mom with 2 children.  See here why the debate is more complicated than it appears.
Here is a table (I modified it a little) from The Economix that shows how an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour will affect different peoples NET INCOME. That is income after taxes are subtracted and benefits are added in. Two things...

A grade earned in an introductory college course is a pretty good predictor as to whether someone is going to major in that subject. HOWEVER, men and women respond very differently to that grade. Nice graphic with an example here.
This graphic comes from a study by Harvard professor Claudia Goldin  (click for an article by her on this topic). It shows, by grade attained in an introductory economics class, which gender is more likely to continue on and major in Economics. When BOTH me...

If you are a "salaried manager" making MORE than $455 but LESS than ??, you will want to read this. Your paycheck may be changing in the near future.
Today the Obama Administration will direct the Department of Labor to revise an important regulation on the payment for overtime as it pertains to workers classified as "managers/supervisors" who are paid a fixed salary instead of an hourly wage, regardless...

A single mom with two kids will get a 39% pay increase if the minimum wage goes to $10.10, right?  She will be the first one to tell you NO, not even close!  See the numbers here.
Here is a table (I modified it a little) from The Economix that shows how an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour will affect different peoples NET INCOME. That is income after taxes are subtracted and benefits are added in. Two things...

Nice graphic on how much it costs to manufacture US coins.  Time for the penny AND Nickel to go???
The Washington Post has an excellent story and a few graphs on the cost of making money. Not earning money but the actual manufacture of currency and coinage. Making a dollar bill is pretty profitable but making pennies and nickels is a money losing proposi...