September 20, 2017
With its newest and priciest product launch, Apple has made iPhone conspicuous consumption the reason to buy their phone.
September 18, 2017
We know that transactions are easier when weights and measures and times are standardized but do we need emoji standardization?
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 8, 2017
September 1, 2017
August 20, 2017
Eclipse economics will range from small town business activity to surging airfares and from goats to productivity losses.
July 19, 2017
Excluding Rey from its newest Star Wars Monopoly game, Hasbro added to a Hollywood gender gap described in a new study from USC Annenberg.
July 2, 2017
At the end of the last episode of M*A*S*H, during I Love Lucy commercials, after a popular BBC soap, we need a natural monopoly to satisfy peak demand.
June 13, 2017
To understand the high prices supported by Hamilton ticket demand, we can look at the elasticity from four groups of theater goers.
June 9, 2017
May 30, 2017
Even as it celebrates its 40th birthday after a quiet 1977 debut, we cannot be sure of the reasons for Star Wars's success.
May 19, 2017
While it is relatively easy to measure how much alcohol consumption varies among countries, identifying a direct economic impact is much tougher.