The discount airline was just an idea when Herb Kelleher became the Texas entrepreneur who created what became known as the Southwest Effect.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from NASA to Japan's shrinking population and Apple in China.
Looking at Apple in China, we can see the collateral damage that a seemingly targeted tariff can create for multinationals.
Sort of like life's bookends, a declining number of children and more elderly people can explain why Japan's population is shrinking.
Called temptation bundling and piggybacking, ideas from behavioral economics provide some easy to follow methods for keeping our New Year's resolutions.
Hoping that your New Year's resolution is to sound more like an economist, we have made it easy by sharing our top ten suggestions.
The six Federal Reserve facts that we need to know relate to why it was created, what it always does, and what is happening now.
A look at the NASA shutdown reveals the massive human cost and the programs that are affected when an agency is suddenly unfunded.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from gift-giving and paying Santas to our cultural divide.