Economics

Even items with the word 'penny' in their name, like penny candy, cost more than a cent. What does a penny buy in America these days?

By Dave Roos

Whether your account has been hacked or you've lost your private key code, do you have any recourse for recovering your lost bitcoin?

By Dave Roos

Forget about being anonymous when you shop. In the new Amazon Go store, every single thing you buy is linked directly to you.

By Jonathan Strickland

Bitcoin had a banner 2017, trading at up to around $20,000 per unit. So, hopes were high for its debut on the futures market in December. How is this cryptocurrency faring in the real world of financial regulation?

By Dave Roos

The online company has its fingers in just about every e-commerce enterprise; it's even caused many organizations to go out of business. Yet the U.S. government has not tried to stop Amazon's growth. Why's that?

By Dave Roos

Bitcoin's price of more than $10,000 a coin has gotten everyone excited, but some financial experts are putting their money on another cryptocurrency.

By Dave Roos

Fifty vacuum-packed frogs, a wedding gown and an actual human skull. These are just a few of the world's best lost-and-found items.

By Laurie L. Dove

Amazon does everything else, so why not own a city, too? If all goes according to plan, Amazon The City may be coming to a municipality near you.

By Laurie L. Dove

Is it better to give cash or goods? And which organizations should you support? Find out the best ways to really help people in times of disaster.

By Dave Roos

People are being bombarded by telemarketing calls with numbers that look local, but aren't. The FCC is cracking down on these scammers.

By Shelley Danzy

We place faith in our money and financial systems. But have we put so much faith in them that we're not equate money and religion - or money to, ahem, our eternal salvation?

By Diana Brown

A new study examined the morality of cab drivers - in Athens, Greece - when dealing with business travelers.

By Laurie L. Dove

Fewer people carry cash, preferring to pay with cards or smartphone apps. What impact does that have on those who rely on pocket change?

By Patrick J. Kiger

Saying that all it takes to succeed in the U.S. is effort and personal responsibility is an oversimplification of the actual circumstances surrounding poverty.

By Dave Roos

Poverty has always been measured with money in the U.S., but a new study finds that when we focus only income, there's a lot we don't see.

By Jesslyn Shields

Whether from a clerical error or an improperly offered bonus, sometimes you end up with a fatter paycheck than you're supposed to get.

By Dave Roos

On average, black women in the U.S. workforce earned $0.37 less for every dollar a man in the U.S. workforce earned in 2014. That's a pretty big wage gap.

By Kate Kershner

John Oliver paid off medical debt for 9,000 Americans. But could you buy your own debt on the cheap?

By Dave Roos

If you were to check your person right now, Chances are, you might have some silly colored paper with dead world leaders on it, and maybe some circular pieces of semi-precious metal. Unfortunately those probably won't get you very far after society collapses and the world reverts back to a barter economy where gold and silver [...] The post 12 Things That Will Skyrocket In Value Once The Apocalypse Hits appeared first on Goliath.

By Wes Walcott

An 1864 law bars living people from appearing on U.S. currency. What do you have to do to get your grill on a bill?

By Laurie L. Dove

We've all seen counterfeit products sold at street vendors and open air markets. Whether it is fake designer purses, sunglasses or pirated movies, counterfeit products abound. However, the global trade in counterfeit products seems to be escalating in today's globalized world. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently issued a study that estimates [...] The post The 10 Most Counterfeited Products in The World appeared first on Goliath.

By Devon Taylor (@DevonTaylor113)

Why aren't there numbers on American coins? The words "dime," "penny" and "nickel" sure don't convey anything obvious. Is the U.S. just being inhospitable to guests?

By Chris Opfer

Setting up a funding site for a nonexistent sick boy is child's play for these criminals. The real money is in laundering stolen credit cards.

By Dave Roos

It's time to replace your jalopy. You know it isn't worth much, but should you sell it anyway and maybe make a few bucks, or should you donate it to charity to get a tax break?

By Cherise Threewitt

It's impossible to keep a straight face when you see a grown man in a fez driving an itty-bitty car. But the Shriners actually do some pretty serious work.

By Debra Ronca