September 5, 2017
Accused of price gouging after Harvey hit Texas, the businesses that raised prices might actually have been helping people.
September 3, 2017
Sometimes invisible, the Southwest Effect has influenced air fares and air traffic since the 1970s when Southwest was a small Texas carrier.
September 1, 2017
August 27, 2017
Before, during and after a natural disaster like Harvey, we have hurricane economics affecting gasoline markets and the GDP.
August 25, 2017
When Joey Chestnut guzzles 72 Nathan's hot dogs in 10 minutes, his competitive eating takes us to much more than food and entertainment.
August 21, 2017
When student athlete pay is replaced by luxurious locker rooms, the market is prevented from allocating money productively.
August 8, 2017
August 7, 2017
Planning their surcharge policy for the holiday shipping surge, UPS and FedEx each was influenced by the Prisoners' Dilemma.
August 1, 2017
July 14, 2017
Rippling far beyond furniture assembly, the IKEA Effect can determine how we value what we construct and cook at home, and design at work.
July 13, 2017
July 9, 2017
Making financial decisions, we might take more or less risk because of the color of the print in our documents and charts.