New lithium discovery highlights why we never run out of resources
A new discovery of lithium in September led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards...
Understanding the ring-around-the-rosy rental inflation game
Offer a definitive explanation of the Ring Around the Rosie nursery rhyme and children’s game—whether as a reference to the Black Plague or teenagers ignoring bans against dancing and if you’re within earshot of...
Credit card rewards on the block
Once a year, late in February, my wife’s face brightens as she thumbs through our mail. “We got our Costco rewards check,” she beams.
It’s not a ton of money, maybe $1,000. And the money...
Degree-free widening trend among U.S. employers
Walmart has eliminated college degrees as a requirement for hundreds of its corporate roles.
The retail giant said in September that it would get rid of “unnecessary barriers” that prevent career advancement and that job...
U.S. rent affordability drops to lowest level in decades
Rapid inflation is hitting low-to-moderate income renter households the hardest. For the first time in decades, the rent-to-income ratio has reached 40 percent at the height of U.S. inflation, marking one of the least-affordable...
What are APIs? A computer scientist explains the data sockets that make digital life...
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a wide array of software applications and systems.
APIs facilitate communication between different software systems, and so power everything from social...
Demographics, they are a ‘changing
The American family has undergone significant change in recent decades. There is no longer one predominant family form, and Americans are experiencing family life in increasingly diverse ways.
In 1970, 67 percent of Americans ages...
Profits get a lot of hate, but we all benefit from them every day
Profits have gotten a lot bad press. Perhaps second to private property (theft, according to Bakunin) profits are the devil incarnate in the view of some.
In the star-studded movie “Reds,” the hero, played by...
Net neutrality—why is it so controversial?
Federal net neutrality legislation has split politicians largely along partisan political lines—with President Obama imposing net neutrality restrictions, President Trump repealing them and President Biden struggling to reintroduce them—leading some states to implement their...
America’s biggest cities have 5.5 million empty homes
While the housing market is historically tight and seemingly less affordable by the day, the largest U.S. cities have a surprisingly large stock of vacant homes.
LendingTree analyzed and ranked the latest U.S. Census Bureau...
Why we shouldn’t fear AI destroying hundreds of millions of jobs
Workers, entrepreneurs, and companies should explore ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows and businesses—and give the job displacement fears a rest.
I recently saw a quote on Facebook attributed to Sigmund Freud that...
Year of the e-bike
Electric bikes are gaining momentum fast. Why—and how—cities and states are helping more consumers get on board.
In the quest to electrify the transportation sector, some state and city leaders see the future arriving not...
Empty offices, troubled malls become new “15-Minute Cities”
At ULI’s Spring Meeting apartment experts found new solutions and opportunities to build—even in uncertain times.
A questionable economy and high-interest rates are not stopping apartment developers from making new plans to transform communities.
“We keep...
Make your own luck
Rumors of America’s death have been greatly exaggerated. The proverbial lucky fool—these United States of America—has proven itself replete with those things that truly matter—an innovative, hard-working citizenry, a self-correcting Constitution and a land...
Resident retention issues spark new strategies
The number of people looking for an apartment this year has returned to a more normal pattern from the high rent, high occupancy days of 2022, according to RealPage Analytics.
“Demand for apartments appears to...
