Last week I wrote about how Russia is trying to keep food price inflation down (within Russia) by implementing export tariffs on goods...

Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts. We’ve all had them. They are a huge staple in the breakfast market. Who hasn’t “popped” one in the toaster on...

It’s hard for me to go anywhere now without thinking about what I could write a blog post on. Take my trip to Waco a few weeks ago. I...

Raisin bran is one of my favorite cereals. I love the sugar on the bran with the chewiness of the raisins. Specifically, I love...

When I set out to write a post on margarine versus butter, I had no idea it would lead to such a fun discovery. Turns out there has been...

Just a couple of weeks ago, the chicken industry was charged with price fixing. According to the charges, executives were texting each...

It’s April 4th, 2020 and governments across the country and the world are telling their citizens to stay home and not to congregate in...

About midway through the semester of a microeconomics class, we start talking about “long-run” and “short-run” decision making. This...

************** Me to Lauren upon our arrival in Athens: “I’m excited about the food! Especially the Greek Salads.” Lauren: “Ugh. But I...

I bet you have seen (or at least heard) the Pillsbury doughboy. According to the Pillsbury website “[t]he Pillsbury Doughboy was “born”...

I’m a Peter Pan fan. Yes, the story is good, but I’m talking about the peanut butter brand Peter Pan. That’s what I grew up eating and...

I am from Texas, and I love price discrimination. Um… what? Those seem like two very different things. But, to be honest, that’s what...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “evil” OPEC. They decrease the amount of oil supplied and when you go to fill up your car, gas prices are...

About an hour north of New York City along the Hudson River sits a small town called Cold Spring. During the summer, New Yorkers escape...