A close look at health inequality reveals that money and the life expectancy gap might not be as closely related as we might assume.
If you skipped breakfast this morning, then you might be contributing to Florida's worries about orange juice consumption.
Typically involving a fine that could even relate to your affluence, a speeding ticket is usually about money but not necessarily in Estonia.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from India's air pollution to New Mexico's chile peppers
Whether looking at the marathon runners that wear Nike's Vaporfly sneakers or U.S. labor productivity, we can see the importance of capital innovation.
New Mexico has a problem with picking green chile peppers because of fewer agricultural workers and some difficulties with mechanization.
Called a prescription escalator, our prescription drug spending is more about efficacy and age than the rising prices that we say we see.
Inside and outside, India's air pollution is a story of the tragedy of the commons that so far has not had a happy ending.