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Thousands of content creators post daily on YouTube, TikTok, and other social media sites in hopes of "going viral."

The Economics of “Going Viral”: Attention as a Scarce Resource

They say that everyone wants to be famous. Today, virtually anyone can, thanks to social media. However, there are high costs of trying to master the algorithms to create the most desirable content. What are the economic costs and benefits of trying to "go viral" online?...
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Tuition and Administrative Bloat: Examining the Economic Principle of Cost Disease

Published on January 01, 2025

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The Economic Impact of Geopolitical Risk: Insights from the War in Ukraine

Published on November 28, 2024

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The Importance of Government Investment in Technologies for National Economic Protection and Development: A Case Study of Transistor Manufacturing in the United States

Published on November 10, 2024

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Understanding Zimbabwe’s Economic Collapse: Causes and Consequences

Published on November 06, 2024

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Adverse Selection in Insurance

Published on October 18, 2024

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Exponentially Rising Tuition Costs Suppress Economic Growth in the U.S.

Published on October 05, 2024

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Potential Effects of the Harris-Walz $25,000 Down Payment Assistance Plan

Published on October 05, 2024

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Housing Shortages and Canada's Rental Controls

Published on September 20, 2024

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Business economics Managing the economy Market Failure

Unpaid Invoices: The Hidden Crisis Facing UK Small Businesses

Published on August 12, 2024

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Factors of production Managing the economy Labour markets Market Failure

Labor Market Polarization and the Rise of the Virtual AI Agent for Sales Calls: An Application of Routine-Biased Technological Change

Published on July 26, 2024

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Cloud data storage has rapidly become a huge industry, with some unexpected third party costs.

Digital Hoarding: The Economics of Data Storage

Today, we generate tons of digital content that we want stored, potentially forever. As a result, companies spend big bucks to store terabytes (or even petabytes) of data in cloud storage centers. What are the costs of all this digital storage?...
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