September 6, 2019
For fantasy sports games to be legal in states where online gambling was prohibited, they had to prove whether luck or skill mattered more.
September 5, 2019
Knowing that the benefits of free trade can be invisible, we can use a list of six brief reasons to actually see why trade is good.
September 4, 2019
Finding out what we eat, what we waste, and what we spend on our food can depend on the decade we look at and when we were born.
September 2, 2019
To determine the disaster cost of weather and climate events, the U.S. government has to decide what to include and how to assess the value.
September 1, 2019
August 31, 2019
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from banana extinction to North Korean Choco Pies.
August 30, 2019
With the arrival of a banana fungus in the Americas, we should start to worry about the survival of one of our most popular fruits.
August 29, 2019
Diplomatic immunity can give us an indication of corruption in a country by looking at whether consular officials pay parking tickets.
August 28, 2019
While women's wealth in the world has been trending upwards, a look at the estimates in the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018 reveals the gaps.
August 27, 2019
As the downside of low unemployment, traffic congestion can have an invisible cost that relates to time, gas, and aggravation.
August 26, 2019
The EU provides feta cheese makers protection from competition through a geographical indication that gives their name monopoly power.
August 25, 2019
While the North Korean economy is centrally planned, the Choco Pie is a tiny example of the how a market system develops.