February 4, 2019
First there was the Great Necco Wafer Panic of 2018 and now we have a Valentine's Day candy shortage of the conversation hearts that are a national favorite.
January 17, 2019
Hearing the Clemson University football team got 300 burgers at the White House, an economist might name the resources needed for a quarter pounder.
December 6, 2018
September 13, 2018
When natural disasters like hurricanes, massive snowstorms, and wildfires strike a region, their economic impact is far more than the clean-up.
August 29, 2018
August 26, 2018
Remembering Hurricane Katrina and the decisions one isolated medical staff had to make for patients, a group in Maryland has recommended triage tradeoffs.
August 22, 2018
While we know that overused resources can include the ocean, the air, and a pasture, we also should include beaches and seats.
August 19, 2018
Not only providing a lesson that relates to building nest tunnels, ant economics can also teach us about diminishing returns to scale.
August 17, 2018
Using old containers from cargo ships, commercial urban farmers are growing hydroponic mini-lettuces and even strawberries in warehouses and garages.
August 2, 2018
With social media telling us everything our friends are doing and much more, many of us experience FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).
July 22, 2018
While the cost of free parking in New York City is rather huge, it can be offset by what was a seemingly insignificant and irritating innovation.
June 18, 2018
When previously worthless byproducts like coffee bean husks, chicken paws, and hog snouts became popular, we increased our economic efficiency.