Ian and Ean on Cyber-Attacks on Target

We wanted to look at how cyber-attacks against big businesses effect the consumers, and that the consumer's response if to the cyber-attack if it is successful and then how that affects those businesses. In the podcast we interviewed Paula Milligan and asked her about how she was affected by the cyber-attack against Target.

Nathan and Jacob on the Affect of Large Businesses on Local Small Businesses

In this podcast Jacob and Nathan interviewed Susan Dixon, an owner of a small health foods store in Huber Heights, Ohio, called Nutra Foods. They interviewed her to learn how small retail stores are affected by large retail corporations. The news story that inspired them to look into this issue was about Cosco, a large retail store, moving in to Centerville, Ohio. Once interested, Jacob and Nathan researched statistics about the benefit of small businesses on the US economy. They found that small businesses are vital to the economy, by providing many jobs and new ideas.

Bret and Nic on the Dayton area YouthWorks Program

During our initial research, we found an article that explained how the YouthWorks program was increasing its numbers. After researching the program and information about its previous seasons, we decided to interview Rocky Rockhold, the coordinator of the program. He guided us through the process and how the program has functioned previously. With information about previous experiences and future expectations, we asserted that the program would meet its goals this summer.

Keaton Bonds and Alex Smith on Aerospace Funding in Dayton

SOAR and the IMCP - Aerospace Funding in Dayton

Earlier this year, SOAR - the Southwestern Ohio Aerospace Region - was designated as an area of aerospace development by the IMCP. This designation gives the region priority in federal funding. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May of 2013, Dayton had more than 7 times as many aerospace engineers per 1000 jobs than in the nation as a whole. In this podcast, we investigate the effects this new funding will have on the amount of jobs in the aerospace industry in this region. We predicted that this extra funding should allow employers spend more on hiring, training, and paying new employees. For more information, we interviewed Kerry Taylor, Director at the Ohio Aerospace Hub. The full podcast can be found here.

Nat on the effect of mergers on the local economy

In this podcast Nat Williams takes and insightful look into mergers and their effect on the local economies. I look mergers between Comcast and Time Warner, and Verso and NewPage. He interview Dr. Scott Williams, a professor at the Wright State’s Raj Soin College of Business. Songs used in order of appearance: Gonna Start Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Go Cart Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Montauk Point Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)"

Sam on the impact of an increase in the minimum wage on the local economy

In this podcast Sam discusses the minimum wage and how a change would affect the Dayton area. He interviewed Kerry Taylor, a Dayton expert in economic development, a local area expert who understands how the Dayton economy would be affected by a minimum wage increase. This topic ended up being very interesting to research, and Sam learned a lot about how the issue really isn't as black and white as politicians would have us believe. Sources: http://billmoyers.com/2014/03/07/all-of-the-arguments-against-raising-the-minimum-wage-have-fallen-apart/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/business/the-minimum-wage-employment-and-income-distribution.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/minimum-wage-debate/job-type http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-10/business/ct-biz-0310-work-advice-huppke-20140310_1_minimum-wage-william-wascher-david-neumark http://www.debate.org/minimum-wage/

Impact of gasoline prices on local hybrid car sales

In this podcast Shawn and Cameron look at how gas prices affect the amount of hybrids being sold. After reading the article called "Auto makers beat EPA greenhouse gas emissions standards," the wondered if gas prices have anything to do with how many hybrids are sold. They were surprised by what they found. We then got to interview Mr. Nappo from classic Toyota for more info.

Bobby on Reynolds and Reynolds' expansion into Canada

In this podcast interviews Reynolds and Reynolds employee, Shelley Cook, goes in depth on how ERA-IGNITE impacts jobs in the Dayton area. She also describes, how it impacts her work, the company itself, and the affects on ERA-IGNITE's introduction to Canada.

Maya and Amanda on Agriculture's Effects On Southwest Ohio's Economy

Agriculture may be a subject that many of us tend to overlook. But it holds a major part in contributing to southwest Ohio's economy. This podcast describes the many advantages and facts associated with Agricultural business practices in correlation to our economy. You can find some of our research here.

Matthew and Lorenzo on the impact of sequestration on our local economy

Over the past few years the government sequestration has greatly affected the Dayton area. The main impact has been due to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and how vital it is to the success of the Dayton economy, through reading articles posted on Dayton Daily News. We interviewed Mr. Adams because of his experience in the subject and to talk about how the recent sequestration has affected Wright-Patterson and how the future could pan out over the next few years.

La'Daisha on how manufacturing affects unemployment rates locally

In this podcast La'Daisha looks at how manufacturing affects unemployment rates locally. Manufacturing is the production of merchandise for use or sale using labor and machines, tools, chemical and biological processing. My person of contact was Jan Arsenault, President of Tjar innovations in Xenia, Ohio. Ohio’s unemployment rate has dipped to 6.1% in March, 2014, the lowest it has been since April 2008 when it was 5.9 percent.

Statistics on unemployment: Ohio - http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST390000000000005?data_tool=XGtable http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh.htm

Dayton, Ohio - http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUMT391938000000005?data_tool=XGtable http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.oh_dayton_msa.htm

Article : http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2014/04/18/ohio-unemployment-dips-to-best-number-in-six-years.html

Tyme and Abby on entrepreneurship in our local economy

Tyme and Abby's Economic Podcast is a creative podcast designed to educate people on the current economic state of small businesses near Dayton, Ohio. It was inspired by the Dayton daily news article, “Military veterans to open new smoothie shop.” From this the question “How does the survivability of Dayton entrepreneurship compare to US in general?” was developed. To answer this research was conducted at the Bureau of labor statistics about entrepreneurship in the US. Steve Brodsky the Executive Director of the Xenia Economic Growth Corporation, then gave the local view on this matter.

Tess on the changing economics of colleges and universities in America today

This podcast discusses the changing economics of colleges and universities in America today. Dr. Carol Loranger, a professor at Wright State University, is interviewed and describes what she has seen change in her work place. Brian Polk, a high-school math teacher and part-time student at WSU also gives his perspective of how being a college student has changed over time.

Articles mentioned include:
http://academeblog.org/2014/04/21/in-an-era-of-increasing-fiscal-constraints-an-inexplicable-shift-in-hiring-patterns-in-higher-education/

http://academeblog.org/2014/04/21/in-an-era-of-increasing-fiscal-constraints-an-inexplicable-shift-in-hiring-patterns-in-higher-education/http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CUSR0000SEEB

http://www.bls.gov/oes/CURRENT/oes119033.htm

http://www.bls.gov/oes/CURRENT/oes250000.htmhttp://ohiolmi.com/ces/LMR.pdf

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/wright-state-marks-45-years/nTjWd/

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/40th-anniversary-of-landmark-gender-equity-legisla/nP5mx/

In the podcast, Tess Greene describes the changing hiring patterns at universities as well as how much tuition has increased in the past year, along with how universities may have improved.

Chee-Mei and Aerin on how the Internet and social media impact local businesses

This is a podcast on how Internet and social media affects business in Dayton. We found that social media extremely affects business in Dayton especially for food trucks. The internet has now provided business for those outside Ohio. We interviewed Ms. Amanda Grieve and Mr. Patrick Sartin. We also explored how Amazon and Target uses social media.

Noah and Aaron on the Effects of Healthcare Expansion in the Dayton Area

Will hospital expansion in the Dayton area lower rising healthcare prices? Good Samaritan hospital recently announced a $28 million dollar expansion to its complex. Additionally, Indu Raj Soin Medical Center has also announced an $8 million plan to build an addition to its own emergency center. This represents a large investment in infrastructure within the Montgomery County as well as Greene County, with the potential to make health care more affordable. From 2001 to 2011, the healthcare CPI has increased 2.45% annually. Today on Economics, That's My Style we interview Marilee Pretzinger, the Volunteer Coordinator at Indu Raj Soin Medical center to see if emergency center expansion could affect the growing healthcare costs.

David and Bharath on the impact of the growth of the medical industry on the local economy

This podcast from David Sills and Bharath Ramini discusses the microeconomic and macroeconomic factors that influence growth in the United States’ medical industry. Local areas that were influenced were considered microeconomic, and national influences were considered macroeconomic. They found research indicating a large increase in the number of hospitals nationally and hypothesized that employment opportunities in health fields would increase as a result. Their hypothesis was proven correct based on data retrieved from their interview and research, which suggested that a direct correlation existed between growth in the health industry and employment opportunities; more health facilities allowed more access of health services to people, and as a result, created a higher demand for jobs that were related to health services.

Prison Costs on the Rise

Our podcast is about the increase of cost of prisons. Our driving question was “What is the reason the cost of prisons is increasing?” We interviewed Ian Crumrine’s dad, Mike Crumrine. Mike talked to us about why in Ohio the cost is increasing. Some websites we used to support our evidence was: Smart Asset Blog. We found that the facts from this blog are from BBC. Another source we used was The Vera Institute website. This website compared Ohio with the U.S.

Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the City of Kettering

This podcast was created by juniors in the Economics class at the Dayton Regional STEM School and explores the connection between a large scale economic event and the impact it has on their local businesses. The podcast specifically explores the effects of the Affordable Care Act and the impact it has had on the local government of the city of Kettering. Research on the topic started with a Dayton Daily News article on "Obamacare" and then branched out to include websites from both sides of the issue and lists of hours that have been cut. The students also interviewed Mr. Mark Schwieterman, the City Manager of Kettering, to get an in-depth perspective on the effects of the ACA.

Impact of the Dayton Racino on the local economy

In their podcast, David Levine and Zach Marker discuss the impact of the new Dayton Racino on the local economy with DRSS Board Member and Dayton Chamber of Commerce VP, Chris Kershner.You can read more about the proposed project in the article "State approves $125 million Dayton racino project."

Impact of the reopening of the GM plan on the local economy

In this podcast we are exploring the question of how a manufacturing company could affects the Dayton Area. We look at unemployment rates from the past and present and interview a professional in manufacturing. Manufacturing has been a good employment rate for Ohio and has had effect on the unemployment rates. Through this podcast we found it could be a good investment if the company moves in and supplies new jobs.

*In January of 2014 a Chinese glass company decided to move into the factory. You can find the story here.