Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Medicare for All and extinct languages to plastic bag fees.
When the development of cellophane let us have self-service food shopping for meat and produce, it started a retailing revolution that economists call creative destruction.
Our first February's e-links is a "bar chart race" from economist Mark Perry that perfectly, in less than 30 seconds, summarizes U.S. trade from 1992-2019.
Whether looking at great apes or humans, there is evidence that all of us experience a dip in our happiness curves at a similar stage of the life cycle.
Per capita economic growth has a little-known connection to the world's hundreds of endangered languages that could become extinct.
Because Chicago first had a single use plastic bag ban and then replaced it with a single use plastic bag fee, researchers can compare the impact.
Knowing that healthcare spending is a big national and individual concern, we took a look at what economists believe about Medicare for All.
To diminish the city's noise pollution, Mumbai is experimenting with traffic lights that last longer when drivers honk too much.
While many of us think that restaurants sell us food, economists point out that they are actually renting space to diners for several hours.