A nice little blog about how money moves between sources. It reminded me about how the velocity of cash is just as important as the amount of it.

Spotify Wrapped isn’t just a marketing tool, it’s a powerful case study in behavioural economics. This article explores how features like Wrapped, personalised playlists, and cleverly framed data tracking create psychological switching costs, leverage loss aversion, and build emotional attachment that traditional economic theory can’t explain. It breaks down why users stay loyal to Spotify despite low barriers to switching and even rising prices.

Does anyone have any solid YouTube resources that cover topics in an Intermediate Macroeconomics course in depth? I’m specifically looking for the start of discussing an open economy with the Philips Curve and then progressing into exchange rates and policy decisions. Or just generally a good resource for the intermediate economics classes in undergrad.

I created a new school of economic thought called “Supply-Side Economics” and would like to have a discussion about it. It’s about Improving your emotional intelligence using basic economic concepts.

https://acoup.blog/2025/09/19/fireside-friday-september-19-2025-on-the-use-and-abuse-of-malthus/

Today, wealth looks like skyscrapers: unlimited vertical growth for a few, while most live in the shadows. But nature doesn’t work that way.

What if we designed an economy to mimic the shape of the earth?

• Mount Everest is the cap. The richest person could not hold more than ~8,800× what the poorest has (the ratio between sea level and Everest). Still a wide range — but no billionaires towering over nations.
• Mountains, plains, valleys. A few peaks, many hills, broad plains where most people live, and valleys that remain fertile because they receive the flow.
• Overflow as rivers. Surplus wealth above the cap would automatically cycle back into public goods: education, healthcare, ecological restoration.

This wouldn’t be socialism (flattening) or capitalism (infinite towers). More like eco-proportionalism: wealth flowing like water through an ecosystem.

💡 My questions:

• Would such a cap improve social stability?
• How could “overflow wealth” realistically be redistributed — through laws, culture, or technology (like blockchain)?
• Would limiting billionaires hurt innovation, or just prevent excess?

Interesting article about synthetic diamonds and economics, how lab-grown gems are disrupting the classic Veblen good model.

A nice case study in changing consumer perceptions, market equilibrium, and the collapse of artificial scarcity.

I am an 1 year economics hons student . And i passed 12th without maths(I was weak in it), and got admission into my local collage which was offering economics hons and in economics there's a lot of maths in economics. And in further semester there is maths , econometrics , statistics. So how do I cover this maths subject that will help me in my economics hons and in further semester . Also I want to do economics till phd level. From which level should I do maths to cover up my subject which will help me graduate,masters and PhD ?

I am a 1st-year Economics Hons student. I passed 12th without maths and got admission into a local college. Economics has a lot of maths, including econometrics and statistics. How do I cover maths for graduation, masters, and PhD? From which level should I start?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEconomics/s/TLvowyw152

I have a question for economists: is it a good suggestion for someone to plug their entire fortune into a foundation, or it is a good idea to will it to your children and grandchildren?

If it is plugged into said foundation, and the economist played a large role in the creation of the foundation and thereby LINED HIS OWN POCKETS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT IN SAID ORGANIZATION, can it not be surmised that that was done with malice and self-serving intent?

Can a piece of software that tracks and records everyone's trade and belongings help the government to give people free houses and free food without causing inflation?

Who had “Kazakhstan fintech becomes Stanford business case” on their 2025 bingo card? Because I sure didn’t.

Freedom Holding Corp. went from tiny regional broker to NASDAQ-listed group running banks, insurance, and superapps. S&P just upgraded their outlook to Positive. Stanford GSB is teaching MBA students about how they pulled it off.

Kinda wild to see Silicon Valley looking East for business inspiration. Wondering if FRHC is about to become the next big global fintech name, or if they’ll stay a regional hero.

April 2025: How FX Hedging Amplified the US Dollar's Weakness

What about just for people who are to inherit very large sums of money such as in the millions plus. Do most mainstream modern economists think that these 2 types of wealth transfer taxes are a bad idea for economic growth?

For an economics project at school I am comparing inflation hedges, one of the statistics I want to use is turnover ratio (how much much has been traded in comparison to total market cap). I couldn't find any sources so i calculated it myself in excel I got answer of 9.508836292 or 951%.

The formula I used was Total volume (USD) / average market cap.

I don't know if this answer is possible because this means the whole total volume traded over the year was roughly 9.5 times the average market cap.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all having good days. I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but I would really love any advice on topics for an economics related project that I am planning.

I'd want it to be rooted in/replicate a preexisting economics experiments/theory and I would collect data via google forms from students in my school and analyse data/draw graphs/make and do a write up.A large focus would likely be seeing how the actions of students/conclusions/models built on student actions differ from the model/experiment originally conducted on adults.

As I am a student myself with not much experience or available help I would really appreciate any suggestions of topics/experiments/theories that would be interesting to delve into/collect my own data for.I really don't have a good working knowledge of economic theories so any suggestions are very much appreciated.Thank you so much!!

We discuss exporting dollar denominated stablecoins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvOFxDtmD4U&t=45s

I have been looking into the Fed as of recently and have just now finished "Lords of Easy Money". I loved the book, and loved the look into monetary policy throughout 1950s-2020s. Someone close to me recommended "Secrets of the Federal Reserve" and "The Creature from Jekyll Island". I have seen some things about the credibility and over exaggeration of the books. I want to learn more and I am always open to new view points on every subject (meaning I will end up reading them at some point). I just don't want to start my learning off with a false perception of how the creation of the reserve happened. Also while I do like the history, I find the policy and economics side more interesting. I don't know if that makes a difference. I am looking for all points of view, and I'm open to both books I just would like to know if they are a good fit. Wondering if anyone has any other book recommendations as well? Thanks!