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September 27, 2021
noisy cities
September 27, 2021
Why Traffic Jams Could Spread Less

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September 10, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and airplane etiquette
September 10, 2021
Where and Why We Fly (Less)

Looking closely, we see a lot more about where and why we fly for business and leisure travel that can explain the impact of Covid.

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August 29, 2021
hot tub supply chain
August 29, 2021
What We Can Learn From a Hot Tub

Affecting goods that range from stoves to couches, the causes of pandemic delivery delays can be shown by a disrupted hot tub supply chain.

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August 17, 2021
Panama Canal Expansion
August 17, 2021
How a Canal Moved a Bridge

Because of the Panama Canal expansion, a bridge that connects Bayonne, N.J. and Staten Island, N.Y. had to be raised.

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August 9, 2021
high-speed rail transit
August 9, 2021
A Lesson for Rail Transit From the Eastern Shuttle

Far behind other countries, high-speed rail transit in the U.S. just needs to copy what the Eastern Shuttle long ago did for air travel.

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August 4, 2021
economic news roundup and multi-million dollar dinosaur fossils
August 4, 2021
A New Way To See Old Age

Looking back 55 years at the changes in life expectancy, we could decide to change our definition of what it means to be old.

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August 1, 2021
S&P 500 bull markets
August 1, 2021
Which Firm Was the First Robinhood?

Similar to the goals expressed by Robinhood, long ago a major Wall Street firm focused on retail investors and also had its IPO.

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July 29, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and hard and soft infrastructure
July 29, 2021
How to Look at Infrastructure

To see the need for hard and soft infrastructure, we can look back at the catastrophic Donner Party and ahead to contemporary legislation.

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July 7, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and U.K. tax letters
July 7, 2021
Why Taxes Are About More Than Money

Because tax systems matter, we can look at tax evasion in the U.K., at IRS problems in the U.S., and at the OECD to see what works.

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July 4, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 4, 2021
How Hamilton Gave Us Independence

Alexander Hamilton's timeless ideas about public credit, banking, manufacturing, and a transport infrastructure give us economic independence.

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July 1, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and commuting time
July 1, 2021
How Covid Changed Commuting Time

In its 2021 Urban Mobility Report, Texas A&M tells us how and where Covid vastly changed our commuting time and our traffic congestion.

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June 27, 2021
moving a capital city
June 27, 2021
Where to Find New Capital Cities

Whether looking at Indonesia today or the United States in 1791, moving a capital city can be somewhat similar.

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