April 4, 2024
Using recommendations from University of Cincinnati students, a cryptocurrency fund has grown from $50,000 to more than $120,000 in less than 15 months. As part of an economics course, Economic Applications of Blockchain, UC students are challenged to research potential cryptocurrency investments for a fund owned by UC’s Kautz-Uible Economics Institute.
November 2, 2021
In a recent conversation with WLWT's Courtis Fuller, Michael Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business, said the trend of corporations raising their internal minimum wage is not a fresh development but started with Amazon in 2018.
November 12, 2021
Veterans have a lot to offer employers, Michael Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business, told WLWT.
May 7, 2024
With medical marijuana set to become legal in Kentucky in 2025, cities in Kenton County have to decide whether they’ll allow medical cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdictions, LINK nky reported.
March 16, 2022
Rising inflation and gas prices, supply chain shortages, the conflict in Ukraine, an uncertain job market and low interest rates are combining to create an unsettled short- to medium-term outlook for the United States economy.
February 24, 2022
Aside from rising gas prices, the escalating conflict in Ukraine is unlikely to have short-term repercussions for U.S. consumers, but that could change if the supply chain is disrupted, according to Michael Jones, PhD, associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business.
November 15, 2021
Companies are offering training reimbursement, signing bonuses and other incentives to bring on new employees as the holiday season approaches. Michael Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business, said in a recent conversation with WLWT that workers are in an advantageous position.
February 23, 2022
As Great American Ball Park hosted a hiring fair for seasonal workers on Wednesday, Major League Baseball and its Players Association remained at a labor impasse.
June 29, 2023
Local 12 enlisted Iryna Topolyan, PhD, department head and professor of economics at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, to lend context as to why tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour are so expensive.