April 16, 2015
Website traffic can tell us the information we need from government and some clues about the federal budget.
April 14, 2015
Knowing that reusable grocery bags shifts consumer spending to more indulgent purchases, supermarkets can respond with new prices and product placement.
April 13, 2015
While death rates are a seemingly easy way to assess healthcare spending, other perspectives like DALYs could be better when we consider the tradeoffs.
April 8, 2015
Although paper currency is just one part of a money supply, a special design like Norway's new kroner notes conveys an inspirational message.
April 6, 2015
In the U.S. the Federal Reserve tried to introduce metal dollar coins into the money supply but currency demand indicates that people prefer paper.
March 27, 2015
Because he revised his country's inaccurate deficit and received Eurostat approval, Greece's chief statistician might be prosecuted for "breach of faith."
March 19, 2015
One of many examples in Peter Schuck's new book, the Social Security program shows how government can be successful and also why it "fails so often."
March 16, 2015
With the U.S. hitting a debt ceiling that is equal to the GDP, concern over U.S. spending is growing as the Congress again decides how to avoid a default.
February 26, 2015
As the pill, education and employment opportunities changed the value of women as wives, the tradeoffs that relate to being married have also changed.
February 24, 2015
With better school attendance and learning, and then higher work productivity, the positive externalities of childhood vaccination have an economic impact.
February 20, 2015
Facing an aging population and more entitlements, countries that are encouraging more births to expand the labor force might be creating a bigger problem.
February 19, 2015
As population shifts, developed nations will have redistribution decisions as the proportion of the non-working aged and the young need more labor income.