September 19, 2017
With a Vanguard S&P Index fund competing against a group of hedge funds, a decade-long Warren Buffett bet for $1 million has just ended.
September 18, 2017
We know that transactions are easier when weights and measures and times are standardized but do we need emoji standardization?
September 15, 2017
To hear a single-use plastic bag regulation debate, you could go to Kenya or NYC while Rwandans might be discussing their plastic bag black market.
September 13, 2017
By looking at counties with more opioid prescriptions, we can understand one reason that labor force participation rates are declining.
September 12, 2017
With Silicon Valley being called a massive ATM, researchers looked at the opinions of elite technology entrepreneurs to see their political influence.
September 11, 2017
We can ask why our lottery ticket spending has been $70 billion annually when we have such an infinitesimal chance of winning.
September 10, 2017
Including celery and pineapples, past and present culinary status symbols are examples of foods preferred by an elite group.
September 7, 2017
In New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., public spaces under-represent women's past leadership through too few female monuments.
September 6, 2017
September 5, 2017
Accused of price gouging after Harvey hit Texas, the businesses that raised prices might actually have been helping people.
September 4, 2017
While a diplomat negotiates a treaty and a singer records music, few of us recognize the invisible labor that made their work possible.
August 31, 2017
Questions about how much paid parental leave new dads should receive is the reason Estée Lauder is being sued by the EEOC.