Few topics have captured the attention of economic developers and the public recently like data centers, with individual ...

Economics gets its fair share of ribbing, including snark along the lines of "if you're so smart why aren't you rich"? Yet economic concepts can help with financial decisions. Economic reasoning does ...

When an investor is analyzing and comparing options, opportunity cost reflects the potential benefits that the investor gives up by electing against some of the options. Read on to learn about the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Maurer covers how personal finance is more personal than finance. May 05, 2024, 07:00am EDT Sunk cost, opportunity cost, and ...

Labor Day has become a government-sponsored PSA that unions use to take credit for every worker gain and offer unionization as the answer to every worker complaint. Near the top of their annual ...

Stipica Mudrazija ([email protected]) is a senior research associate at the Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute, in Washington, D.C. Older Americans living in the community who need ...

Opportunity cost is the highest-valued alternative we give up when we make a choice. Marrying Sue means not marrying Jane. Going to the gym means not reading a book or watching TV. (Although, I’ve ...

The federal government is about to upend how regulations are imposed on businesses and citizens. The White House Office of Management and Budget is quietly proposing to phase out from federal ...

Labor Day has become a government-sponsored PSA that unions use to take credit for every worker gain and offer unionization as the answer to every worker complaint. Near the top of their annual ...

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