How Much Does Happiness Matter?

Trying to choose among the best places to live, we wind up with disparate global rankings, depending on the criteria.

Why Apple Should Not Increase Its Tax Bill

Based on a tax code that was made for an industrial age, current corporate taxes that multinationals like Apple could owe need to reflect a digital world.

Should Water Be Free?

Although protestors in Detroit and Ireland say water is a human right, economists, citing a definition of a public good and a tornado alarm, would disagree.