Tuesday's assorted links

immigrants, Russian sanctions, gas prices, food prices, four-day work week

Last week we visited a brewery in Thun, Switzerland as part of an embedded study abroad program. The brewery will export their beer under a different brand name, and it turned out to be economics-themed!

Hi everyone! Here are 5 stories I read this past week and wanted to share with you:

1. Despite a labor shortage in the US, the visa system is still making it hard for immigrants to get work visas.

2. A look at the ways in which American taxpayers will bear the burden from Russian sanctions.

3. Despite high gas prices, drivers report being willing to pay more to stop the war in Ukraine.

4. Looking at the link between high food prices and conflict [Podcast]

5. A four-day workweek could improve people’s productivity and help the environment

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If you missed yesterday’s post, it focused on changing the perspectives around high gas prices:

Gas prices aren't at record levels... yet

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Week 10 is over and I’m up to 8 books for the year. I was able to knock out a new fiction book, Salt to the Sea, while we were traveling. It was different than a lot of the WWII historical fiction I’ve read before and seemed to really focus on the characters in the story more than the Nazis/Russians. The book was centered on the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, which I hadn’t heard of before.