Stacey Vanek Smith

Ten years after the financial crisis, the housing market is booming again. In some metropolitan areas, only 25 percent of residents can afford to buy a home. Are we in another housing bubble?

Colleges are seeing fewer and fewer students apply every year. To try and stay solvent and attract students, they're trying all kinds of things, from lazy rivers to M&A.

It's the 100th Indicator! To celebrate, we look to the future... and to alternate futures. The Indicator takes a break from economics to tackle infinity.

The corporate tax cut passed in December was supposed to compel businesses to boost investment. Is it working, or are companies just passing the savings on to their owners?

The LIBOR interest rate was at the center of a huge international scandal back in 2012. Regulators believed it had to replaced. But is that even possible?

California is way more than Hollywood. Today on the show, we look at what else is going on in this powerhouse state economy.

It's jobs day! But the unemployment number might not be the most important thing to watch.

Housing markets are hot. But are they bubblicious?

Dollar for dollar, California is the biggest agriculture economy in the country. And lately, farmers in the state have been struggling with a new problem: A shortage of workers during harvest season.

Most people think the best time to start a business is when you're young.

Healthcare is expensive. Transparency in pricing might make it cheaper.

The Federal Reserve has hit its inflation target. Now comes the hard part - staying at two percent.

The homeless population in Los Angeles County has been skyrocketing. A team from USC tried to figure out why.

Almost everyone in California agrees that there's not enough housing in the state. But no one wants building in their backyard.

Today on the show: the economics of drought, and why the rational thing to do in California right now is use more water.

Water isn't the only shortage California farmers are worried about. There's a labor drought, too.

A spat over tariffs is giving California ports pause.

Concerns about the yield on the 10-year Treasury note going above three percent are overblown.

President Trump's objection to Amazon's deal with the Postal Service is based on dodgy data.

China steals a lot of intellectual property from the U.S. The smartest thing for the U.S. to do in return might be ... nothing.