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Where the Glass Ceiling Refuses to Shatter
Looking at the glass ceiling, a recent study indicates that progress has stalled for women ascending the legal and corporate ladder.
The Red and Blue States That Agree on Halloween Candy Favorites
While Halloween candy spending displays some agreement between red and blue states, it also relates to a top ten list of economic ideas.
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Eye Exams to Traffic Jams
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from measuring national wealth to the GDP and gender differences.
Deciding If Walmart Can Do Eye Exams in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, voters will soon decide if eye care regulation should let retailers like Walmart and Costco give you eye exams and sell you eye glasses.
Six Facts: What We Don’t Know About Tipping
Just like tipping wages vary from state to state, so too do arguments from servers, kitchen staff, and restaurant owners for keeping or eliminating them.
Changing EU Times
European Union time zones could change if individual nations get to choose if they want perpetual summer time or winter time.
Where Are Women and Men Most Different?
How much patience you display could affect your economic decisions. So too could your preference for risk and your altruism. Add to that positive and negative reciprocity and trust and you get a new metric, the Global Preferences Survey (GPS).…
Why Traffic Jams Are Spreading
During my frequent drives to Manhattan, traffic congestion is worse than ever. The reason could be Uber and Lyft. This is the story. San Francisco Congestion Let’s start with congestion. Like the Supreme Court quote on pornography (“…I know it…
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From an Uber Apology to a Chase Logo
Weekly Roundup Sunday 10.14.18 Where an iPhone travels… Monday 10.15.18 The economics of an Uber apology… …