Whether it's plastic straw use, energy conservation, or flu vaccinations, governments use nudges to influence our decisions.
The discount airline was just an idea when Herb Kelleher became the Texas entrepreneur who created what became known as the Southwest Effect.
Looking at Apple in China, we can see the collateral damage that a seemingly targeted tariff can create for multinationals.
Sort of like life's bookends, a declining number of children and more elderly people can explain why Japan's population is shrinking.
A look at the NASA shutdown reveals the massive human cost and the programs that are affected when an agency is suddenly unfunded.
We can judge the size of our cultural divide by identifying the TV shows we watch, the magazines we read, and the movies we see.
Although you'll see that the Amazon reviews for How to Avoid Huge Ships are hilarious, it's still one of those unwanted gifts that creates deadweight loss.
A nation's generous paternity leave policy does not necessarily diminish the size of the gender pay gap or job discrimination against women.
Deciding between artificial and real Christmas tree purchases, we can contemplate convenience, tradition, health, and even our cats.
By calculating Santa's wages through comparable occupations, we can determine if his yearly earnings increases are similar to U.S. workers.
Ranging from sock puppets in 2000 to the spread of the automobile in the 1920s, the causes of market bubbles are different and yet similar.











