March 9, 2025
Easy to ignore, facts about time can reveal how we allocate activities, how countries coordinate, and our tradeoffs.
March 8, 2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the baskball gender pay gap to unceratinty.
March 5, 2025
Looking at different nations, we see that what we eat requires a vast amount of resources in some places but not in others.
March 4, 2025
When we hear about 25% Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada, we can think of the travels of car seats, transmissions, and capacitors.
March 3, 2025
When President Trump tried to eliminate a tariff exception, he had to reverse his order because of an unintended consequence.
March 2, 2025
Because there are no women in the top paid 100 athletes, the sports gender pay gap is more than a whopping $200 million.
March 1, 2025
Connecting economics with current events and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from unused gift cards to electric mail trucks.
February 28, 2025
Comparing the Economist's Democracy Index and the Index of Economic Freedom, we wind up with some surprises about democracy and markets.
February 22, 2025
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from backyard chicken eggs to airplane bins.
February 20, 2025
Although the egg-o-nomics are questionable, because of skyrocketing egg prices, backyard chickens have suddenly become much more popular.
February 17, 2025
While 2024's top 100 movies reflect progress for women in film as leads and co-leads, other underrepresented groups report setbacks.
February 16, 2025
Brutal and potentially wealthy, the Arctic economy deserves more attention from the United States than it has received.