GDP Series

🎧 I Spent 3 Months Breaking Down GDP — Here's What Most People Miss

Breaking down GDP by component and putting it back together with an example from the pandemic

Jul 5 •

🎧 Why My Canadian Friend Ditched Our Trip to North Georgia for Cancun

And introduction to exchange rates, how raising interest rates affects exchange rates, how changing exchange rates changes the amount we import and…

Jun 29 •

🎧 I Found 5 Imported Items in My Bedroom — Here's What They Teach Us About Trade

Why we import and export goods, the two types of advantage: absolute and comparative

Jun 26

🎧 The Day I Banned Social Security Debate from My Economics Classroom Forever

How the federal government spends your tax dollars, the concern over the debt, and rising health care costs

Jun 19

🎧 7 Everyday Things Around You that Your Tax Dollars Paid For

What local, state, and federal governments in the US spend on and invest in

Jun 4 •

🎧 Why My Dad’s Old-School Lifestyle Reveals the True Value of Intellectual Property

How Investment spending on intellectual property helps businesses work better

May 8 •

📜GDP series TOC

Explaining what goes into GDP and why it matters

May 6 •

🎧Investment: The Powerhouse Behind Economic Growth

How spending on physical goods and intellectual property helps the economy grow

May 1 •

🎧 Why Your Big Tax Refund Is Actually A 0% Interest Loan To The Government

Are you getting refunds from the IRS every year? Also saving by building human capital and equity in your home

Apr 10 •

🎧 Is Household Saving Bad for the Economy?

What’s good for us versus what’s good for the economy

Apr 3 •

🎧 I Owe, I Owe, It’s Off to Work I Go!

How we decide between work and play

Mar 13 •

🎧 Would you buy a pair of $300 socks?

What do consumers in the US economy do? Life stage spending and the spending on services, durable and nondurable goods.

Feb 27 •

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