November 28, 2019
From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush, U.S. presidents have influenced Thanksgiving economics.
July 21, 2019
June 24, 2019
In NYC and in Nantucket, Massachusetts, drivers respond to different incentives because Manhattan has traffic lights while Nantucket does not.
May 31, 2019
Knowing the different meanings of socialism and capitalism can help us better understand what we and presidential candidates support.
May 6, 2019
April 21, 2019
When Massachusetts voters said yes to legal marijuana, they made an economic decision that relates to competition, taxes, and banking.
April 16, 2019
By looking at one hundred years of consumer spending history, we can see how our food, housing, and clothing reflected our growing affluence.
March 19, 2019
The Index of Economic Freedom is a handy source of data for judging whether or not a government has a laissez-faire philosophy.
January 18, 2019
A look at U.S. China trade history reveals how the Chinese economy has changed and what a combination of command and the market can accomplish.
October 2, 2018
In a Pew's yearly survey of trade opinions, they uncovered a slew of contradictions that show most of like trade but cannot say why.
September 24, 2018
By identifying the moral limits of markets, we can decide what should and should not be sold...like wedding tickets and high grades.
July 16, 2018
When no traffic lights on the island of Nantucket has created good will among strangers, it also might show the limits of Adam Smith's laissez-faire.