May 18, 2018
Frequently more accurate than individuals, markets can determine prices and even tell us what will happen at a royal wedding.
May 17, 2018
Through her new concert tour, "Reputation," Taylor Swift may have figured out how to prevent scalpers from reducing ticket availability and getting too much of her revenue.
May 10, 2018
Whether looking at guinea pigs or party dresses, you get rental markets when time and money make people avoid a purchase.
April 30, 2018
Behavioral economists can explain why are lured into buying a year's subscription for movie watching and other media that we barely use.
March 29, 2018
By purchasing an adult fish for thousands of dollars, the buyers of an Asian arowana were engaging in conspicuous consumption.
March 7, 2018
In a top ten list of roller coaster economics, we can include everything from the cost of a kidney stone to world trade and queueing.
February 22, 2018
Now that music with words can accompany Olympic figure skating, there is less classical music, more hip-hop and Beyoncé, and some questions about intellectual property rights.
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October 22, 2017
For the next bite of a doughnut or the next try at a pumpkin slingshot, economist Alfred Marshall's marginal analysis helps you decide whether to say yes.