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June 24, 2019
traffic lights and Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
June 24, 2019
Why Did the Pedestrian Cross the Road?

In NYC and in Nantucket, Massachusetts, drivers respond to different incentives because Manhattan has traffic lights while Nantucket does not.

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June 23, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and McDonald's drive-thru
June 23, 2019
How To Get Speedier Fast Food

Hoping to increase its drive-thru speed, McDonald's has begun to use voice recognition technology to compete against other fast food chains.

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June 21, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and working mothers
June 21, 2019
How A Working Mother’s Time Use Has Changed

Working mothers have changed the amount of time they spend on the job, and also on household chores, caring for children, sleeping, and leisure.

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June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
Six Facts: Our Global Energy Consumption

The six facts that illustrate our global energy consumption take us to the countries, the growth rates, and the types of energy..

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June 19, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and fast food
June 19, 2019
A Surprising Fast-Food Fact

Although fast-food consumption has been connected to income, recent research indicates the correlation is not what we expect.

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June 18, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Comparing LEGO prices
June 18, 2019
How Legos Discovered It’s Not Easy to be Green

If we want our Legos to match, attach, and detach, we might have to wait awhile for them to develop the appropriate bio-based plastic.

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June 17, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and accurate statistics
June 17, 2019
What a Tax, a Ship, and a Road Can Tell You

Somewhat invisible, time determines whether central bankers and legislators have the accurate statistics that they need for economic policy.

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June 14, 2019
mobile talent
June 14, 2019
The One Investment That Is (Probably) a Sure Thing

Calculating the value of college involves what we spend, what we sacrifice, what we earn, and some other surprising considerations.

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June 13, 2019
Google antitrust
June 13, 2019
Throwback Thursday: When Google Was Just Google

#TBT: Looking back at Google's growth spurts, we begin with a small company in 1999 but then see 270 acquisitions and industry concentration.

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June 11, 2019
Taylor Swift and traffic fatalities
June 11, 2019
How Taylor Swift Uses Temptation Bundling

Because album bundles increase our demand for a star's recordings, they help to propel a song or album to the #1 Billboard spot.

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June 10, 2019
weekly economic news roundup and lobster fishing dispute
June 10, 2019
Why Maine Says It’s Forgotten

Somewhat invisible, China's tariff impact on Maine lobsters can be seen through a supply chain that even includes massive amounts of rubber bands.

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June 6, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and #TBT: Sears and Amazon
June 6, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Was Sears, Roebuck the First Amazon?

#TBT: Through the amazingly similar prefabricated houses that they both have sold, we can see why Amazon has been called the new Sears, Roebuck.

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