Analysis of recent data shows these explanations for rising tuition to be inadequate. Even imposing the assumption of a $1 for $1 effect on tuition, an average of 18-33% of the change in tuition at four-year colleges is left unexplained by these three factors. More importantly, regression ...
"If you look at the long-term trend, [college tuition] has been rising almost six percent above the rate of inflation," said Ray Franke, a professor of education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. "That's brought immense pressure from the media and general public, asking whether c...
WHY CHIEF EXECUTIVES' PAY KEEPS RISING By trying to keep up with the Joneses, companies are hiking the boss's compensation at a rapid pace. The independent directors on the compensation committee aren't so independent, it turns out. And yes, the urge ...
Watch Muni Long Explain Why She Keeps Her GRAMMY In The Box | Where Do You Keep Your GRAMMY? Are you constantly listening to records? How does consumption play into your creativity? No, I don't actually listen to a lot. I listen to the stuff that I do that I'm interested...
How Does the Federal Funds Rate Work? The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow or lend excess reserves overnight. The law requires that banks must have a minimum reserve level in proportion to their deposits. This reserve requirement is held at a ...
always look forward to enjoying fresh fruit and veggies produced in the garden. However, I am disappointed with how fast they lose freshness in the fridge. With summer farmers markets coming soon to Montana, I found a way for you to keep all your yummy goodies fresh for much longer than ...
with both degrees earning a return of about 15 percent over the past decade. The return has remained high in spite of rising tuition and falling earnings because the wages of those without a college degree have also been falling, keeping the college wage premium near an all-time high while ...
The Columbia researchers noted that the women who didn't get enough sleep took in more fat rising by around 30g on sleep-deprived days — four times as much as the average increase for men. 哥伦比亚大学的研究人员指出,睡眠不足的女性在睡眠不足的日子里摄入的脂肪增加了约30克。这是男性平均增加...
What Does Backwardation Tell Us About the Market? The economistJohn Maynard Keynesmade the term "backwardation" a key one in economic theory with his 1930 "Treatise on Money." For Keynes, backwardation is not an abnormal market phenomenon but arises naturally from the fact that producers of comm...
To summarize, I keep hammering away at two big China myths. The weak yuan does not hurt the world economy, and thus shouldn’t be discouraged. And China is not a bubble. China may contain all sorts of bubbles (certain property sectors, SOE investment) but China isn’t a bubble. It is...