Textbook authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explain the July 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report, and what it means for the economy and for economics students. 

Bitcoin and other "cryptocurrencies" are getting a lot of attention these days. Will central banks like the Federal Reserve adopt their own digital currencies?

Michael Mandel interviews Steve Cecchetti and Kermit  Schoenholtz, authors of the textbook, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, about the plusses and minuses of central bank digital currencies.  They explain the economics central bank digital currencies, and why they are a bad idea for most countries. 

Economic textbook authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss how restaurants, casinos and other businesses are making shutdown decisions during the pandemic.