June 23, 2019
Hoping to increase its drive-thru speed, McDonald's has begun to use voice recognition technology to compete against other fast food chains.
June 18, 2019
If we want our Legos to match, attach, and detach, we might have to wait awhile for them to develop the appropriate bio-based plastic.
June 17, 2019
Somewhat invisible, time determines whether central bankers and legislators have the accurate statistics that they need for economic policy.
June 16, 2019
The success of a decision to use Waze, Google Maps, and other mapping apps to avoid traffic can depend on outsmarting the prisoner's dilemma.
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 6, 2019
#TBT: Through the amazingly similar prefabricated houses that they both have sold, we can see why Amazon has been called the new Sears, Roebuck.
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 16, 2019
May 13, 2019
Lay's Potato Chips became more than a snack when PepsiCo decided that a group of nine Indian farmers should not grow its special potatoes.
April 25, 2019
When we look at the cost effectiveness of healthcare spending, we could conclude that it is not as excessive as the headlines indicate.
March 31, 2019
March 27, 2019
While Kenji Lopez-Alt perceived his new restaurant through a food writer's lens, an economist would see it somewhat differently.