Sound Economics Podcast 4
In This week’s episode. Vale, Betina, and Elijah discuss online shopping, sports’ economic impact on development, and the holiday season’s economics. Enjoy the podcast and your break!
Month: November 2024
Spotify Wrapped
Spotify wrapped is rolling around the corner and if you are like thousands of listeners, you’ve been waiting for this all year. When thinking about Spotify and why it is so competitive in the music streaming industry, the biggest idea that came to my mind was its focus on user experience. If you don’t know what Spotify wrapped is, it is a one-a-year in-depth wrap-up of each user’s listening history and has become very popular over the past few years. Each year there are new features added to each user Spotify wrapped portfolio. Each user gets information on their total Continue reading Spotify Wrapped
Modeling Charity Through Public Goods Models
In November, Millions of supporters from almost 20 countries participate in Movember, a month-long process of raising money for men’s health issues such as Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, and Mental Health. People like Myself shave off all of their facial hair and then grow a “Mo,” a mustache, for the entire month of November while raising funds for this charity. As Movember is very important to me, I have participated in this month of charitable giving since 2021 and intend to do so for the rest of my life. As an Econ student, charitable giving from NGOs, like Movember, classified Continue reading Modeling Charity Through Public Goods Models
Should we switch to four day work weeks?
Recent news articles have highlighted the change to four day work weeks for some in Iceland. While this is news to the rest of the world, this study has been long-going with trials documented from 2015 to 2019 and most recently, in 2020 until 2022 where 51% of workers in the country were offered and accepted working four days of the week with no loss in pay. Last year it was reported that Iceland had the fastest economic growth out of the European countries and also has one of the lowest unemployment rates. Iceland’s economy expanded by 5% in 2023. Continue reading Should we switch to four day work weeks?