August 24, 2015
Nothing but grass, lawns began as conspicuous consumption from the English and French aristocracy and now are a middle class manicured status symbol.
August 3, 2015
As we improve our transportation infrastructure, the roundabout has become increasingly attractive because of safety, ease and cost.
July 28, 2015
Personal income relates to how long we sleep. Less sleep can diminish the productivity that brings a higher wage. But also, less sleep means more work time.
July 24, 2015
Although people in the eurozone want a single currency and their leaders want unity, monetary union problems create political distrust and disunity.
July 23, 2015
Weighing cost and benefit for Seattle's recycling environmental regulation involves privacy, dollars, time, and respect for the law and our environment.
July 22, 2015
Focusing on production and distribution, economists look at the role of markets and of government when they try to determine what causes and ends famines.
July 19, 2015
The reasons for relatively smaller increases in U.S. productivity are a mystery that could involve understating the new sharing/data economy.
June 22, 2015
Regulation can have unintended consequences. With football helmets or seat belts or even financial regulation, protection can create more reckless behavior.
June 17, 2015
To grasp the huge size of the U.S. GDP we can identify countries that have similar nominal output to individual states like California and Brazil.
June 14, 2015
Through a cost and benefit approach to crime control, the limited money available for municipal spending can be spent most efficiently.
June 1, 2015
Long assumed to have a direct relationship, the connection between height and GDP becomes more complex when we compare India and Africa.
May 25, 2015
Investigating intrinsic and extrinsic incentives, researchers have explained why money does not always promote positive performance.