October 22, 2018
October 15, 2018
Because a firm like Uber loses revenue from unhappy riders who had delayed arrivals, we could say we are looking at apology economics.
October 11, 2018
Looking at William Nordhaus's study of lighting history, we can see how increasingly cheaper illumination boosted our living standards.
October 9, 2018
First awarded more than 70 years after the original Nobel Prizes began, the Nobel Economics Prize is worth some unexpected extras.
October 8, 2018
Whether about cows or chicken nuggets, sometimes seemingly insignificant new food technology can have an unexpectedly massive impact.
October 7, 2018
When one bottle of single malt Macallan whisky sells for more than $1 million, we can ask if it was superior taste or some other reason.
October 5, 2018
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 27, 2018
When we pay through an honor system, retailers depend on our economic honesty while researchers are trying to understand it.
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.
September 23, 2018
Without trade deals, our fruit imports would include many fewer mangoes, melons, tomatoes, limes, berries, and watermelons.
September 20, 2018
Not knowing what behavioral economists say about "zero," the Russian Domino's was surprised by the response to a free pizza promotion.