January 10, 2019
Looking at Sweden's steadily rising carbon tax, we can ask what it is, what it does, and why the people accept so high a rate.
January 9, 2019
Our six facts about coffee drinking take us to topics that range from its slosh, to the impact of mug colors, to instant and fresh coffee.
January 8, 2019
The controversial side of school funding can take us to a "Friends" excerpt about splitting the dinner check and to a small Vermont community.
January 7, 2019
Whether it's plastic straw use, energy conservation, or flu vaccinations, governments use nudges to influence our decisions.
January 6, 2019
The discount airline was just an idea when Herb Kelleher became the Texas entrepreneur who created what became known as the Southwest Effect.
January 6, 2019
The discount airline was just an idea when Herb Kelleher became the Texas entrepreneur who created what became known as the Southwest Effect.
January 5, 2019
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from NASA to Japan's shrinking population and Apple in China.
January 4, 2019
Looking at Apple in China, we can see the collateral damage that a seemingly targeted tariff can create for multinationals.
January 3, 2019
Sort of like life's bookends, a declining number of children and more elderly people can explain why Japan's population is shrinking.
January 2, 2019
Called temptation bundling and piggybacking, ideas from behavioral economics provide some easy to follow methods for keeping our New Year's resolutions.
January 1, 2019
Hoping that your New Year's resolution is to sound more like an economist, we have made it easy by sharing our top ten suggestions.
December 31, 2018
The six Federal Reserve facts that we need to know relate to why it was created, what it always does, and what is happening now.