January 13, 2015
Federal Reserve monetary policy is not taking account of money from marijuana retailers because banks in Colorado have refused to give them accounts.
January 12, 2015
It is a mystery whether college matters because it creates better human capital or creates signals that indicate graduates completed a long-term task.
January 11, 2015
Partially reflecting more women in the labor force, the participation rate rose from the 1970s until recently but now the mystery is why it is falling.
January 9, 2015
January 8, 2015
With the House requiring dynamic scoring of tax legislation from the CBO, the bigger tax debate resurfaces on how much redistribution and spending.
January 7, 2015
Like a dysfunctional family with members who dislike each other, the EU stays together because of the benefits of David Ricardo's comparative advantage.
January 6, 2015
Pricing ecosystems and the market's practical and ethical dilemmas take us to Malthusian economics and the difficulty of finding a valid conservation tool.
January 5, 2015
Explained by Alfred Marshall and evident at restaurant buffet tables, the idea of diminishing marginal utility shows how marginal analysis is valuable.
January 4, 2015
Behavioral economic ideas show that product differentiation and consumer preference are more from branding than the taste of colas or beers.
January 2, 2015
Problems in the housing market frequently signal a contraction in the business cycle as they did through the subprime mortgage crisis.
December 30, 2014
Because the Congress established a dual mandate of high employment and price stability for the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, they created a dilemma.
December 28, 2014
The expense and complexities of switching to the metric system have prevented the change, and have affected how standard weights and measures help globalization.