February 9, 2024
A behavioral economist can explain why it is good marketing to have one of our favorite Girl Scout cookies temporarily disappear.
February 5, 2024
While it can be interesting to see the massive incomes of the richest billionaires, global inequality is much more complicated.
February 3, 2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the Barbie movie to the Super Bowl.
February 1, 2024
January 30, 2024
Looking at how firms compete, the results of the Oreo Hydrox cookie wars are the perfect example of strategies that depend on the market.
January 28, 2024
Noting the Oscar nominations that top-grossing film "Barbie" did not get, we can ask if the film industry patriarchy was the reason.
January 27, 2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from forgetting subscriptions to a pandemic past.
January 24, 2024
In breakfast wars among fast food establishments, one key weapon in their arsenal is the French toast stick.
January 22, 2024
In a new moon race this year, five private companies' lunar landers were supposed to transport NASA devices to the moon.
January 20, 2024
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from an airline breakup to our water bottles.
January 19, 2024
Again, airline competition could have shifted when a judge had to decide if JetBlue could acquire Spirit Airlines.
January 18, 2024
Through a Washington seismometer, we can use much more than traditional economic data to quantify the success of Taylor Swift's ERAs tour.