The Dayton Regional STEM School Local Economics Podcast Project
The following is a collection of podcasts by 11th and 12th graders at the Dayton Regional STEM School. The podcasts represent student research of stories in which macro and microeconomic topics converge in the real world.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2016
Ryan Looks at the Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage on Businesses and Consumer Prices
In this podcast, Ryan explains how a minimum wage of $8.10 will effect a slower growth of CPI than a minimum wage of $10.00 because businesses don’t have to pass that extra cost on to their customers…
Mon 16 May 2016
Kayla Cindric Discusses How Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 will affect Employers
In this podcast, Kayla Cindric discusses minimum wage and how increasing the wage to $15.00 would affect the Dayton area. She interviewed, Jeremy Lutz, and employer who hires people to clean building…
Mon 16 May 2016
Drewing, Horton, Abridge Study the Effects of Increasing Minimum Wage
In this podcast, Shetasia Akridge, Lauren Drewing, and Christina Horton express their views and findings on the possibility or option of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Their main fo…
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Melonie and Jake Look at Raising the Minimum Wage Above $10 Per Hour
In this podcast, Jake and Melonie investigate how raising the federal minimum wage above $10 would affect small business, their employees, and the Dayton area. While investigating, Jake and Melonie i…
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Ben, Connor, and Keshawn look at Raising Minimum Wage to $15 in Dayton and the Effect on Unemployment Rate.
The following is a podcast that covers the topic of raising the minimum wage to $15. We researched the following topic using these websites: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/economy/brown…
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Orlando and Johnson look at Raising Minimum Wage to $15 in Dayton
In this podcast, Orlando and Alan discuss raising the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour, as well as interview two custodial staff at DRSS and then discuss their point of view. Research Link: h…
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Trey Guy how have gas prices affected consumer spending?
How has falling gas prices affected the revenue of a business? How has gas sales changed since gas prices fell? How has gas prices affected consumer spending on other products? In this podcast we wil…
Mon 06 Jul 2015
Sydney on the impact of Genetically Modified Organisms
This podcast looks at how Genetically Modified Organisms affect small farms and farmer's markets, as well as the future of Ohio's agriculture industry. https://ofbf.org/education-and-reference/faq/ h…
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Brandon and Jordan on how unemployment fraud affects our local and national economy
In this podcast, Brandon and Jordan discuss the economic impacts of unemployment fraud on our local and national economy. They interview Mr. Randy Tucker, a reporter from the Dayton Daily News, in or…
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Bethany Explores how the retirement of Baby Boomers is going to impact those in skilled trades
In this podcast Bethany explores the world of skilled trades. She looks into what it takes to be an apprentice and how the looming retirement of baby boomers is going to affect the amount of skilled …
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Haley and Martin on the economic impact of the new Moraine Fuyao plant
In this podcast, Haley and Martin look at the economic impact of the new auto glass company FuYao has and will have on Moraine as it moves into the old General Motors plant. They are currently renova…
Mon 01 Jun 2015
Eva and Makayla look at how Matthew's Bill will affect local franchises
In this podcast, we, Makayla Day and Eva Peterson-Smith talk about the effects that Matthew's Bill will have on medium/large businesses and franchises in Ohio. They sit down with the CEO of American …
Sun 31 May 2015
Alex Helton on Matthew's Bill's impact impact on Ohio businesses
In this podcast, Alex discusses Senate Bill 112 (or Matthew's Bill) and whether or not it will be financially possible for Ohio businesses to afford the accommodations that this bill would mandate. …
Sun 31 May 2015
Sammie and Joe on the impact of Matthew's Bill on public libraries
In this podcast, Sammie and Joe look at the impact of Matthew's Bill on public libraries.
Sun 31 May 2015
JTC Meredith looks at the effect of Matthew's Bill on small businesses
How will Matthew's Bill affect new and renovating small businesses? In this podcast JTC Meredith talked with Justin Howard, owner of the Black Box Improv Theater, about how Matthew's Bill could affec…
Sun 31 May 2015
Caleb and Sha'Tera on the impact of Matthew's BIll on small businesses
This podcast looks at the effects of Matthew's Bill on small businesses. In it, Caleb and Sha'Tera interviewed one local business owner about their views on the bill.
Sun 31 May 2015
AJ and Adam on the impact of Matthew's Bill on small businesses
In this podcast AJ and Adam interviewed the owner of Giovanni's to talk about the impacts of Senate Bill 112 on small businesses. During the interview they discover that the business does not have an…
Thu 21 May 2015
Brianna and Abby on the Unemployment Concerns of Veterans
Brianna and Abby found that many veterans struggle financial when returning home. Entering civilian workforce can be difficult contribute more financial problems, although there are many ways veteran…
Mon 16 Feb 2015
Lee and Shannon on Entrepreneurship and Small Business
In this podcast, we were tasked to do research on an economic indicator. With the information we found, we made interview questions to use in an interview with someone related to the topic we researc…
Mon 09 Feb 2015
Aubrianna on Student Loan Debt
In this podcast, Aubrianna Markus' essential question was: what has caused the increase in student debt, and what impact does this have on the economy? She interviewed Tera Mandery on her personal op…
Mon 02 Feb 2015
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