economy
What Philly Makes: The Great Philadelphia Salary Report of 2024
It’s been a while since we took a look at what people in Philadelphia make for a living. In fact, it’s been so long that […]
Philadelphia’s Unemployment Rate Drops to Lowest in 30 Years
Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]
Will the Real Estate Boom Change Philadelphia’s Status as a City of Homeowners?
Up on North 16th Street in Ogontz, a few blocks from Broad and Olney, someone bought a newly renovated rowhouse in early March, about a […]
COVID Clobbered Philly’s Economy. Who’s Bouncing Back — and Who’s on the Brink?
The early numbers were so large that they dwarfed any sense of scale. More than 100,000 Philadelphia jobs were lost between March and April — […]
Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in the Arts
“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]
Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in Food Service
“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]
Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in Fashion
“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]
Gig Workers Were Supposed to Get Unemployment Benefits. They Haven’t Received Any Yet.
It is a not-very-well kept secret that the gig economy exploits workers. Companies like Lyft, Uber, DoorDash and Instacart are all valued at billions of […]
Only 2.5 Percent of Philly Businesses Are Black-Owned. The City Must Act.
In recent years, there’s been a lot of discussion about how Black millennials might be able to close the generational wealth gap in our community. […]
Freelancers in Philly Apparently Have It Good, New Study Shows
A whopping 57.3 million Americans are freelancing nowadays. That’s about 36 percent of the U.S. workforce. And though freelancers are apparently making it work — […]
Is West Philly the New Portland?
When I moved out West from Philly in 2010, it felt like striking gold. In Portland, Oregon, I found a beautiful city with a sense […]
Philly’s Spark Therapeutics Is Revolutionizing Medicine
The dogs told her it would work, back in 2000. Jean Bennett had been a gene-therapy researcher for two decades at that point, starting with […]
Philly Makes List of Places Where You Can Earn Six Figures and Still Be Broke
A six-figure income definitely doesn’t work the same in every city, and a new study from price comparison and financial education website MagnifyMoney reveals the […]
Study: SEPTA Drives $3 Billion in Regional Economic Impact
According to a study released on Thursday by SEPTA, everybody’s favorite transportation authority boosts property values in the Philadelphia suburbs and contributes approximately $3 billion […]
Tonight: Contrarian Economist Bryan Caplan
What’s a contrarian economist? I was wondering that myself when I came across the listing for Bryan Caplan’s appearance at the Free Library tonight (Thursday, […]