May 21, 2015
Through the industrialization of just one slice of bread, we can see the history of the U.S. economy since the beginning of the 20th century.
May 13, 2015
Caused by aging baby boomers, expanded criteria and the remnants of the great recession, SSDI entitlement spending is approaching insolvency.
May 8, 2015
In financial markets, data security relates to the timing of data releases because premature releases or leaks unfairly favor one group of investors.
May 7, 2015
As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.
May 4, 2015
While many nations have deposit Insurance and China will have theirs very soon, the quality and the confidence in different deposit insurance schemes vary.
April 27, 2015
In Finland, for some traffic violations, the rich have higher fines than those with less because of day fines that are similar to progressive taxation.
April 23, 2015
Researchers are exploring how message volume and sentiment analysis in social media like Twitter and Yahoo can be used to predict financial markets.
April 22, 2015
An historical perspective and a look at what is owed, to whom and when provides insight about the culture and complexities of Greek sovereign debt.
April 13, 2015
While death rates are a seemingly easy way to assess healthcare spending, other perspectives like DALYs could be better when we consider the tradeoffs.
April 6, 2015
In the U.S. the Federal Reserve tried to introduce metal dollar coins into the money supply but currency demand indicates that people prefer paper.
March 27, 2015
Because he revised his country's inaccurate deficit and received Eurostat approval, Greece's chief statistician might be prosecuted for "breach of faith."
March 19, 2015
One of many examples in Peter Schuck's new book, the Social Security program shows how government can be successful and also why it "fails so often."