Looking at the real definition of cost, we can see that the hours spent on government paperwork make free programs quite expensive.
Whether looking at money or the climate, because of one main item and then several smaller ones, our summer cookout costs have climbed.
While again Olympic costs could soar at the Paris games, but they appear to be doing more to avoid spending unnecessary euros.
Not quite as simple as it sounds, quantifying disasters has a varied impact that mght not always make us safer.
We could call the Covid pandemic a dividing line that changed where we work and the distance that our commuting time occupies.
Having begun as a relatively simple way to prove who is human, now escalating Captcha costs might be too high.
Reflecting the impact of a fast growing sport, pickleball economics takes us to a slew of unintended consequences.
Responding to the incentives created by online retailers, serial returners create a cost for themselves and suppliers.
Faced with hundred of thousands of titles to choose from and what might be called peak TV, our response is surprising.
Making decisions about the future, sometimes our sunk costs--the irrecoverable time and money we invested in the past--distorts our logic.











