Month: December 2022

Supporters of AB 793 hope it motivates beverage companies to push for expanded recycling of plastic bottles.

It's a tale of two inflations: goods versus services.

Econ Extra Credit newsletter #131

Marta Tellado, CEO of the nonprofit Consumer Reports, says shift to a digital economy may endanger some consumer rights.

Capacity is down. The weather's not great, either.

Last week, the Department of Energy said scientists had ignited a fusion reaction that created more energy than was needed to sustain it. 

Analysts say the SPR is increasingly being used not just to cushion against oil price shocks, but to support prices.

Here's a look at why American companies are making more money, and how they're spending it.

The free market is pretty simple: There’s supply, there’s demand, they meet somewhere in the middle. If there’s a need, there’s a product. But sometimes, that system breaks down, as it has in the market for antibiotics.

The modern roundabout was created in 1960s Britain. But since the '90s, the small Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Indiana has slowly become the roundabout capital of the United States.