Tuesday's Assorted Links
Walmart University, adulting, school phone bans, unplugging from work, and tourist hubs
Hi y’all! Here are five stories from this week that contain some neat applications of economic principles or are related to teaching:
Walmart’s Walton family is partnering with education experts to build a STEM university at Walmart’s former headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas [Retail Dive]
Google is increasingly being used as the world’s biggest “Adulting 101” class [Axios]
Mapping the 25 states with laws banning or regulating phones in schools [Associated Press]
Even when bosses recognize that detaching from work boosts employee well-being and improves job performance, they still penalize employees who engage in these behaviors [Harvard Business Review]
What a slowdown in international travel could mean for America's tourist hubs [CBS News]
In theory, you’d know if someone owed you money. In practice, you probably don’t. As people search for ways to save money, cutting subscriptions, finding side hustles, one often-overlooked option is unclaimed property. Billions of dollars in forgotten checks, deposits, and refunds are sitting in government databases, waiting for someone to ask for them.
Why don’t more people claim what’s theirs? Economics has a few answers.
The Billions We Forget We're Owed
Lately, people have been searching for ways to save money, and not just in the usual ways. Credit card debt is back in the headlines, and consumer surveys show the highest level of concern about repayments since the pandemic. On social media, there’s a growing stream of videos offering side hustles, budget hacks, and incr…
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Fantastic crop this week. Taxing several.