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 10, 2017
Including celery and pineapples, past and present culinary status symbols are examples of foods preferred by an elite group.
September 9, 2017
September 8, 2017
September 7, 2017
In New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., public spaces under-represent women's past leadership through too few female monuments.
September 6, 2017
September 5, 2017
Accused of price gouging after Harvey hit Texas, the businesses that raised prices might actually have been helping people.
September 4, 2017
While a diplomat negotiates a treaty and a singer records music, few of us recognize the invisible labor that made their work possible.
September 3, 2017
Sometimes invisible, the Southwest Effect has influenced air fares and air traffic since the 1970s when Southwest was a small Texas carrier.
September 2, 2017
Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes disaster economics, Hamilton tickets, and parental leave.
September 1, 2017
August 31, 2017
Questions about how much paid parental leave new dads should receive is the reason Estée Lauder is being sued by the EEOC.