October 12, 2014
Since education creates positive externalities that fuel economic growth, understanding how to develop expertise through human capital formation is crucial.
October 5, 2014
Just like grading human capital, ranking college quality through a single number hides the subjectivity of the process.
September 28, 2014
Knowing about how and when creative people achieve optimal productivity is important because of the connection between human capital and economic growth.
September 14, 2014
We need to raise the low U.S. savings rate with new incentives like a lottery on savings deposits because households and business investment need savings.
September 3, 2014
August 29, 2014
According to Ronald Coase, if reclining in an airline seat creates a negative externality, both parties can negotiate because the transaction costs are low.
August 27, 2014
Whereas natural disaster preparation can save lives, it might have too high an opportunity cost to make sense or be a ShakeAlert that has been proven.
August 15, 2014
Like athletes use music before competing, so too can we energize our human capital at work with music that empowers us physiologically and psychologically.
August 11, 2014
The 2014 Social Security Trustees Report says that after we deplete the remains of the program's trust funds in 2033, payroll taxes will not provide all promised benefits.
August 5, 2014
Cash grants are an alternative form of foreign aid. Tough to accept, cash could have more benefits than other traditional programs.
July 7, 2014
June 14, 2014
