November 22, 2019
The problem of airline seat size getting smaller and people getting larger is difficult to solve because comfort and revenue tend to conflict.
November 17, 2019
Looking at a hover of trout or a shoal of salmon, we can ask if a fish hatchery is the way to preserve a population for recreation and conservation.
November 10, 2019
Typically involving a fine that could even relate to your affluence, a speeding ticket is usually about money but not necessarily in Estonia.
November 6, 2019
Called a prescription escalator, our prescription drug spending is more about efficacy and age than the rising prices that we say we see.
October 15, 2019
Comparing development economics to plumbing, one of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize winners says she observes what works in the real world.
October 13, 2019
Doing little to help us win games, our video game shopping for outfits and dance moves creates some conspicuous consumption.
October 11, 2019
A visit to a doggie doo-dah plastic bags maker in China illustrates the shift from Chinese manufacturing to Vietnam and Indonesia.
September 17, 2019
With plant-based foods growing like weeds, we have to decide if their vegan names should reflect the foods that they resemble.
September 5, 2019
Knowing that the benefits of free trade can be invisible, we can use a list of six brief reasons to actually see why trade is good.
August 18, 2019
August 9, 2019
Continuing today, the Netflix effect began in 1997 when it began the creative destruction that eliminated some companies and produced others.
August 6, 2019
For a brief summary of all you need to know about the impact of tariffs, these six facts range from 19th century theory to recent trade disputes.