Episode 374: The Price of Baseball

Apr 10, 2024

32:27

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James recently wrote an article on the price of admission and food at baseball fields over the years. To look at the prices, it appears that baseball has shifted from entertainment for the working classes to entertainment for the middle and rich classes. Or perhaps we’ve simply all become richer and baseball has simply followed along.

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Quick Hits

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-households.html

https://www.aceee.org/files/proceedings/2004/data/papers/SS04_Panel1_Paper17.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-crazy-fast-food-minimum-wage-takes-effect-negative-repercussions-7ae3e9ae

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diego-fast-food-minimum-wage/3475150

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-gives-you-the-right-to-lecture-us-guyana-president-schools-bbc-reporter-5338295

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/politics/easter-trans-day-visibility-trump-biden-johnson/index.html