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Economy
Economy
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Can Your Race or Gender Affect Product Prices? — Dollars and Sense
All things being equal, you might think that everyone pays the same amount for car insurance, mortgages and health care coverage. But that’s not the case. Your gender, income and sometimes even your race can have a lot to do with how much you’re charged.
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Jobs Can Cause Depression Among Men and Women — In Different Ways
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Which States Have the Highest and Lowest Minimum Wage?
With the unemployment rate being what it is, a lot of people these days are being forced to work for minimum wage. But exactly how much you get could depend largely on what state you’re in.
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Is Your Credit Score Good Enough for the Best Rates? — Dollars and Sense
Here’s the good news: Americans have better credit scores now than we have in the past few years. But there’s bad news, too: credit standards are now so high that it may not matter much.
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Does America Benefit from Having a Rich Class? [POLL]
After getting all sorts of attention in 2011, Occupy Wall Street has fizzled out. There may be insight into why movement’s message of the one percent versus the 99 percent didn’t win over more of the public in a new poll from Gallup.
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Who Spends More — Facebook Users or Pinterest Users?
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Summer Gas Prices May Not Be As Outrageously High As You’ve Been Led to Believe — Dollars and Sense
Many analysts predicted doom and gloom for gas prices this summer, with some saying they could reach as high as $6 per gallon.
But it seems those concerns were for naught — fuel costs have been on the decline and are now expected to stay well below last year’s prices.