December 27, 2018
Although you'll see that the Amazon reviews for How to Avoid Huge Ships are hilarious, it's still one of those unwanted gifts that creates deadweight loss.
December 23, 2018
From the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, our expectations for fast letter and package delivery have changed considerably.
December 17, 2018
Looking at what we buy and what we return, we can ask an economist and a psychologist for some gift-giving advice about our holiday spending.
December 11, 2018
The political and economic sides of Brexit's problems involve the impact of a potential no vote in Parliament and controversial draft agreement issues.
December 7, 2018
With population growth adding almost three billion people by 2050, we need to figure out how to produce more food with less land and fewer emissions.
December 5, 2018
New research on the gender pay gap and the gender leadership gap indicate we should be especially aware of hiring, downshifting, and attrition.
December 2, 2018
These six facts tell us how our supermarket shopping can be influenced by much more than the shopping list we bring with us.
November 26, 2018
Looking at tariff incentives, we see changes in clothing design and factory location that are based on minimizing the impact of the tax.
November 18, 2018
While the Air Quality Index (AQI) is a pollution yardstick, it also can signal if we are controlling the tragedy of the commons.
November 12, 2018
The Democrats and Republicans have political power for the same kinds of reasons that Coke and Pepsi or Boeing and Airbus dominate their markets.
November 7, 2018
November 4, 2018
When you think about shrinking airline seats, you could consider pitch and width, but really the problem is all about property rights.