Money News 9.18

• In a surprise move, Amazon hikes starting wages to $18/hour, adds 125,000 jobs (Reuters)
•  $286,702: Salary required to buy a median-priced home in San Jose (TheRealDeal)
• A casualty of the employment shortage: the mandated drug test (Money)
• Study: stimulus checks worked to keep millions of Americans out of poverty (Wall Street Journal)
• States that cut federal unemployment benefits early saw job growth at less than half the rate than those that maintained them (Axios)

Multimedia Presentations: Schedule

Sec 18:

Week 6: Tue 9.21/Thu 9.23

1. Lorraine T - How It Works: Personal Credit
2. Bradley A/Samantha R - Error Code 0: How Music Streaming Services Hurt Your Favorite Artists

Week 7: Tue 9.28/Thu 9.30

1. Thao H - Buying and Selling Stocks: A How-To
2. Hayley B - What $1 Million Buys in Silicon Valley Real Estate
3. Jasmine T - The Fat Tax: The Hidden Costs of Being Obese

Week 9: Tue 10.12/Thu 10.14

1. Matthew H - The Richest and Poorest Zip codes in the U.S. 
2. Jason S - Gamestop, Reddit, and the Taking Down of Wall Street Giants
3. Adrian F - Cryptocurrency 101

Week 10: Tue 10.19/Thu 10.21

1. Emily G - Six Habits Rich People Share
2. Juliana C – PICK NEW TOPIC
3. Jessica P - Man vs. Woman: How the Sexes Differ with Their Finances

Week 11: Tue 10.26/Thu 10.28

1. David N – PICK NEW TOPIC
2. Paul V - What Americans Spend on Their Pets
3. Ahmed Q - Why Do American Corporations Pay So Little Tax?

Week 12: Tue 11.2/Thu 11.4

1. Bryson S - Up in Smoke: Why Legalized Pot in California is a Bust
2. Yossef E - The Psychology of Supermarkets
3. Santino (Sonny) G - How to Successfully Live on a Budget

Week 13: Tue 11.9

1. Carolina G - Appalachia: Life for the Poorest Whites in America
2. Kat A/Isabela S: The Pink Tax: The Hidden Costs of Being a Woman
   

Week 14: Tue 11.16/Thu 11.18 

1. Nico L - What Americans Spend on Christmas

 

Sec. 44:

Week 6: Tue 9.21/Thu 9.23

1. Leslie G/Esmeralda P - What Americans Spend on Christmas
2. Julia S - The Psychology of Supermarkets

Week 7: Tue 9.28/Thu

1. Zhi G - Cryptocurrency 101
2. Julia G - The Cost of Living: Seattle, Salt Lake City, & Boston
3. Tyler L - Buying and Selling Stocks: A How-To

Week 9: Tue 10.12/Thu 10.14

1. Alexander C - The Ship of Dreams: The Luxuries of Titanic
2. Chalita C - Françoise Bettencourt Meyers: The Wealthiest Women in the World
3. Mindy P - Man vs. Woman: How the Sexes Differ with Their Finances

Week 10: Tue 10.19/Thu 10.21

1. Bradley T - Understanding the Gig Economy
2. Thomas C - What Americans Spend on Their Pets
3. Daniel L - Why Do American Corporations Pay So Little Tax?

Week 11: Tue 10.26/Thu 10.28

1. Lindsay T - What $1 Million Buys in Silicon Valley Real Estate
2. Maxwell (Max) N/Rachel W - Error Code 0: How Music Streaming Services Hurt Your Favorite Artists
3. Iris W/Nathan Y - Gamestop, Reddit, and the Taking Down of Wall Street Giants

Week 12: Tue 11.2/Thu 11.4

1. Archisha N - How it Works: Personal Credit
2. Xitlali G - The Pink Tax: The Hidden Costs of Being a Woman
3. Casey S - Life in the Poorest Countries in the World

Week 13: Tue 11.9

1. Owen S - The Richest and Poorest Zip Codes in the United States
2. Gurleen K - Tough Going: What Life on Welfare is Really Like

Week 14: Tue 11.16/Thu 11.18

1. Rohan P - Six Habits Rich People Share
2. Mark E - Santa Clara Valley’s Old Money: Sarah Winchester

Week 5: Tue 9.14/Thu 9.16

Despite a net worth of $530 million, the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II is only the 12^th richest royal figure in the world.

Week 5: Tue 9.14/Thu 9.16
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations
Due: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES

Upcoming:

Week 6: Tue 9.21/Thu 9.23
Read: Read: UNACCEPTABLE—1. Future Stars – 8. Play Ball
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"Close Reads - A How-To"