April 13, 2026
Called annoyance costs, an increasingly long list of daily hassles creates billions of dollars of economic waste.
April 2, 2026
As the only state that mandates full service gasoline stations, New Jersey refuses to recognize the the benefits that support self-serve.
April 1, 2026
By creating a slew of new incentives (or "nudges"), political leaders hope to increase San Francisco's trash disposal.
March 2, 2026
Discovering another cause of distracted driving, Harvard Medical School researchers looked at Taylor Swift and Drake.
February 8, 2026
During the 2026 Winter Olympics, we should look for silver medal sadness and bronze joy as medal winners have different counterfactuals.
January 28, 2026
Whether looking at a purse, a watch, or a car, if the secondhand price is skyhigh (and falling), then luxury economics can explain why.
December 26, 2025
Again confirming that economics is about much more than money, our Christmas top ten list connects the holiday to economics.
December 24, 2025
Gift giving wisdom from economists reveals that the value of the package and our message is not what we expect.
December 14, 2025
Looking at the proportion of bar and restaurant transactions that occur between 7 pm and 2 am, we can identify the cities that tip more.
November 17, 2025
To decide if we are inflating an AI bubble, we can focus on the market structure and multiplication of data centers.
November 16, 2025
Sometimes safety regulations can have the unintended consequence of encouraging the risky behavior they were supposed to prevent.
November 3, 2025
Present everywhere, sludge reflects the perverse incentives that enrage us daily when we deal with customer service problems.