6/7/2021

Cryptocurrency: Should you invest?

What’s an investor to do? Here’s what UM-Dearborn finance expert (and sometimes skeptic) Vivek Singh has to say about cryptocurrency....
4/4/2021

$4+ trillion in COVID packages: Can we really afford it?

Looking at the federal government’s recent stimulus and relief packages, COB Faculty member Mercedes Miranda relies on economics research, history and her financial expertise to put the debt into perspective and share what the long-term economic effects m...
3/29/2021

Would free college reduce income inequality?

Access to post-secondary education has been listed as a government priority. Is this the answer to reducing the country's wealth gap? Economics Professor Patricia Smith shares what the research says....
3/22/2021

Do undocumented immigrants pose a criminal threat?

Assistant Professor Maya Barak shares her “crimmigration” research to give a better understanding of why deviant behavior and immigration are connected in political rhetoric, media messages and the American consciousness — and what the evidence says about...
3/17/2021

With inflation, the Fight for $15 should now be the Fight for $17

Looking at this and what academic research says about the economic impact of paying workers more per hour, Economics Professor Bruce Pietrykowski provides insight into the federal minimum wage debate....