January 9, 2023
Intuitively logical for reducing congestion, sometimes adding highway lanes and road building have unintended consequences.
January 3, 2023
When its larger denomination bills suddenly became worthless in 2016, India's demonetization became a case study about the role of money.
December 16, 2022
Positively and negatively, affecting countires with high and low income, the impact of alcohol economics is global.
November 27, 2022
As an unusual economic indicator, an uptick in lipstick sales can signal a downturn in the economy because it is a cheap luxury.
November 25, 2022
Among the countless ways to measure global inequality, we can look between nations, within them, and over time.
November 14, 2022
Adopting bitcoin during September 2021, El Salvador's political leadership did not know all that could go wrong...and it did.
October 30, 2022
Whereas trhe U.S. givernment uses 11 leading economic indicators, others look at unexpected commodities.to predict a recession.
October 20, 2022
Whether looking at New Zealand's "bird of the year" contest or Alaska's bird tourism industry, we see benefits that are not "for the birds."
September 15, 2022
Thinking of the craft beer makers' CO2 shortages, we can say that not everyone is worried about too much CO2.
September 14, 2022
Whether it's top colleges or the happiest countries, we can ask about the validity of the ranking criteria that were used.
September 12, 2022
Recalling the Misery Index and concerns about inflation, we can ask whether economists believe that inflation or unemployment make us sadder.
August 24, 2022
Sometimes when we look at GDP ups and downs, rather than fluctuations in national wealth, something else is happening.