Buying more yogurt, movie tickets and premium products instead of instant noodles, the consumer is a new focus for China's statisticians.
More than a number, the cost of living in the world's most expensive cities is about bread and wine and who can afford to stay.
To see what how much we work and sleep and play, and what the GDP does not tell us, we can use the American Time Use Survey.
We cannot avoid unintended consequences from healthcare legislation because healthcare spending has no "one-size-fits-all" solution.
Because unauthorized immigrants pay billions of dollars in payroll taxes, they are one solution to the Social Security solvency problem.
A LUST Trust Fund and higher state gasoline taxes may come in handy if massive federal infrastructure spending becomes more doubtful.
Although The Codfather violated New England's catch share system, the overfishing that results from the tragedy of the commons has been minimized.
Measuring happiness is tough because of the difference between what we actually experience and what we remember about those moments.
Even when we look at beer and wine drinkers, the North/South EU divide is almost as apparent as with unemployment and debt.











