September 7, 2015
While job related reasons like unemployment and a new job are cited as likely reasons for interstate migration, marriage and taxes also matter.
September 6, 2015
Including the unemployment, quits and participation rates, Janet Yellen's labor market indicators will help her decide whether to raise interest rates.
September 4, 2015
While economic development can be measured through a history of GDP data, the real yardstick is the history of one street.
September 3, 2015
Government could tell sharing economy firms like Uber, Lyft and Kitchensurfing if workers will be employees or independent contractors.
September 1, 2015
Because middling food like hamburgers is consumed by most people in the affluent West, what we eat does not necessarily reflect inequality or social status.
August 30, 2015
Although it seems callous, for safety regulation like speed limits and for victims' compensation like 9/11 we need to quantify the value of a life.
August 28, 2015
August 26, 2015
Comparing median and minimum wage and looking at how the cost of living varies, we can see that the wisdom of a $15 minimum wage hike depends on location.
August 25, 2015
August 24, 2015
Nothing but grass, lawns began as conspicuous consumption from the English and French aristocracy and now are a middle class manicured status symbol.
August 23, 2015
Because Berkeley's sugary drink tax has had little impact on price, researchers suggest that lawmakers insufficiently considered elasticity and incidence.
August 21, 2015
Depending on how fast news travels, high speed trading can be done through homing pigeons or computers but both have created information asymmetry.