June 13, 2019
#TBT: Looking back at Google's growth spurts, we begin with a small company in 1999 but then see 270 acquisitions and industry concentration.
June 4, 2019
Spending decisions from national, state and local government, and private businesses, will depend on accurate data from the 2020 decennial census.
May 30, 2019
May 29, 2019
Like corporations, countries engage in branding when they change their name or try to influence what the world thinks about them and their products.
May 22, 2019
An innovative disaster, the introduction of New Coke in 1985 generated so massive a protest that no one ever thought it could return...until now.
May 20, 2019
Based on a recent study, calculating the amount of air pollution we can blame on SUV emissions has just become a bit trickier.
May 17, 2019
More than a place to buy food, the grocery store says a lot more about the affluence from our GDP and our subjective well-being.
May 10, 2019
May 5, 2019
The farmers who produce rice, milk, and meat have sought to ban the food labels used by cauliflower rice, almond milk, and plant-based meat makers.
April 26, 2019
Totally ignoring their taste, an economist would have a surprising reason that explains why we love our Girl Scout Cookies.
April 18, 2019
#TBT: Today's Throwback Thursday looks back to why Standard Oil was divided into 34 companies by the Supreme Court in 1911 and then forward to Amazon.
April 12, 2019
Recent research explains that our yogurt choice fatigue at the supermarket is rather similar to what we experience when buying a car.