September 15, 2015
By recognizing the tradeoffs of recycling, preserving endangered species and improving world health, doing good could become more productive.
September 10, 2015
Looking at delayed gratification through Walter Mischel's marshmallow test and other studies, researchers can better grasp who will save for retirement.
September 1, 2015
Because middling food like hamburgers is consumed by most people in the affluent West, what we eat does not necessarily reflect inequality or social status.
August 30, 2015
Although it seems callous, for safety regulation like speed limits and for victims' compensation like 9/11 we need to quantify the value of a life.
August 25, 2015
August 24, 2015
Nothing but grass, lawns began as conspicuous consumption from the English and French aristocracy and now are a middle class manicured status symbol.
August 19, 2015
Recognizing that neighborhoods with better schools and other shared characteristics affect income mobility, anti-poverty policy can become more effective.
August 13, 2015
For major OECD countries and the U.S., the source and destination for healthcare spending reflect national values about limited government.
August 2, 2015
A production possibilities graph can display the land, labor and capital underutilization that inadequate sanitation creates and indicate a constrained GDP.
June 30, 2015
To the dollars families spend on children, we can add the cost of stress from the time we devote to developing a child's human capital.
June 22, 2015
Regulation can have unintended consequences. With football helmets or seat belts or even financial regulation, protection can create more reckless behavior.
June 1, 2015
Long assumed to have a direct relationship, the connection between height and GDP becomes more complex when we compare India and Africa.