November 24, 2018
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from dress size inflation to measuring air quality and kilograms.
November 23, 2018
November 22, 2018
Looking at our holiday meal through a turkey top ten list, you can see how Thanksgiving economics is about so much more than money.
November 21, 2018
To become more accessible and accurate, a new kilogram has been developed that that is based on ideas rather than an object.
November 20, 2018
Like the CPI measures purchasing power through the dollar's inflation rate, we can observe waistline changes through clothing size inflation.
November 19, 2018
November 18, 2018
While the Air Quality Index (AQI) is a pollution yardstick, it also can signal if we are controlling the tragedy of the commons.
November 17, 2018
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from shopping scores and calorie labels to global debt.
November 16, 2018
Looking at the ten most popular large U.S. airports, we see competition that is designed to attract airlines and travelers.
November 15, 2018
Unknown to most of us, the quality of customer service can depend on the multiple customer lifetime value (CLV) scores that we get from retailers.
November 14, 2018
The six facts that summarize world debt identify the big borrowers, the risky borrowers, and the criteria for deciding how much to worry.
November 13, 2018
With the arrival of mandatory calorie labels at large establishments and soon at smaller ones, we can ask if their impact is predictable.