October 16, 2014
With populations growing older in the developed world, their wellbeing might affect the GDP growth rate because of the expense of their care.
October 2, 2014
Colorado's marijuana growers and dealers are wasting resources because banks and insurance companies will not act as their financial intermediaries.
September 30, 2014
September 28, 2014
Knowing about how and when creative people achieve optimal productivity is important because of the connection between human capital and economic growth.
September 14, 2014
We need to raise the low U.S. savings rate with new incentives like a lottery on savings deposits because households and business investment need savings.
August 31, 2014
From statistics and a satellite image of the world at night, we can see that developing countries lack the electrification they need for economic growth.
August 29, 2014
According to Ronald Coase, if reclining in an airline seat creates a negative externality, both parties can negotiate because the transaction costs are low.
August 28, 2014
Led by Chinese economic growth and other emerging markets, the center of economic gravity is moving eastward from the developed world to Asia.
August 27, 2014
Whereas natural disaster preparation can save lives, it might have too high an opportunity cost to make sense or be a ShakeAlert that has been proven.
August 17, 2014
Looking at a European average economic growth rate, unemployment rate and GDP to debt ratio is misleading because of countries' disparate economies.
August 11, 2014
The 2014 Social Security Trustees Report says that after we deplete the remains of the program's trust funds in 2033, payroll taxes will not provide all promised benefits.
August 4, 2014
The spread of refrigeration in China has positive and negative externalities that relate to household diets, greenhouse gases and transport and home waste.