Coffee Shop Prices vs. Night Shift Wages
I stopped at the fancy coffee shop after night shift. Latte: six dollars. My hourly rate after tax makes the math depressing. Nurse with crochet bag and hosp...
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The Side Hustle That Became the Main Hustle
I started selling sneakers to pay for books. Now it pays rent. I am two semesters from graduating and scared to stop, because what if the market flips? Profe...
LinkedIn Said My Degree Is a Brand
Career fair panel told us to personal brand our research interests. I study labor precarity. Hard to fit on a banner. The recruiter wanted buzzwords. I wante...
The Textbook Costs More Than My Rent Week
I am an econ grad student. The intermediate micro text costs $312 used. My professor said it is the standard. Standard for what? Crushing Gen Z? Classmates s...
My Landlord Called the Rent "Affordable Housing"
Rent went up eight percent. The email said still below market rate, as though relative expense were a virtue. I did the math. It is not affordable. It is exp...
The Rational Consumer Is a Lie We Agreed to Tell
The rational consumer assumption at the heart of economics is a fiction. Here's why homo economicus has never existed — and why that matters for policy.