Tuesday's Assorted Links
College investment, inflation impacts, ChatGPT classes, pandas, and nostalgia
Hi y’all! Here are five stories from this week that contained some neat applications of economic principles or are related to teaching:
The colleges where you’re most likely to have a positive return on your investment [The Wall Street Journal]
Nearly 2/3rds of U.S. adults said their financial life was made worse by rising inflation last year [CNN Business | Original Report]
Students in a new online course at the University of Nevada were pitted against ChatGPT to improve their writing and learn about the limitations of artificial intelligence [Inside Higher Ed]
Washington, DC won’t be without pandas for much longer [Associated Press | Previous MME Coverage]
One simple variable, more than anything, determines when you think the nation peaked [The Washington Post]
Tariffs not only impose immense economic costs but also fail to achieve their primary policy aims and foster political dysfunction along the way. So why do politicians advocate for them as a tool in their domestic policy agenda?
What's a Tariff?
The trade drama between the U.S. and China just got a new chapter. President Biden recently slapped new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other important imports. Now, you might be wondering, "What exactly are tariffs, and why do countries use them if they seem to cause so many problems?" Those are great questions!
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