by David Phillips | Jun 24, 2017 | Business, Change Theology, Economics
Charles Koch is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist. He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries. And he’s hated by the political Left. The question is, “Why?” Freakonomics Radio...
by David Phillips | Jan 14, 2016 | Featured, Economics
It’s been spoken by comedian Sarah Silverman: MEDIA CLIP: Oh, hi. I’m Sarah Silverman, writer, comedian, and vagina owner. Women make up almost half the working population, yet we typically earn just 78 cents for every dollar a man makes in almost every...
by David Phillips | Jul 6, 2015 | Featured, Business, Economics
On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor released it’s jobs report for June, 2015. According to the report, the economy added 223,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.3%. The problem with the jobs report is that, while the unemployment rate dropped, the reason it...
by David Phillips | Oct 30, 2014 | Featured, Business, Culture, Economics
McDonald’s had a bad Tuesday. They released their quarterly earnings report on Tuesday and through it we discovered that the fast food chain a 30% decline in quarterly profits on a 5% drop in revenues. It wasn’t one region that brought the decline. Sales...
by David Phillips | Oct 10, 2014 | Feature Articles, Economics, Featured, Culture
Professors at Northwestern University have just published a study that looked at the download habits of internet users, particularly as it relates to peer-to-peer file sharing. “The researchers analyzed 10,000 anonymous BitTorrent users from around the world...
