When Awards Give Us More or Less Than We Expect
While awards are all about recognition, inspiration, and appreciation, sometimes they are not exactly what we expect them to be.…
When Cash Is Not the Best Thank You
By avoiding repugnant transactions like selling foie gras or human organs, we are eliminating the benefits of the market.…
Economic History
What Counting Cranes Can Tell You
To our list of less traditional economic indicators like the men’s underwear index, we can add the cranes that help to build our skyscrapers and stadiums.…
Friday’s e-links
Friday’s e-links: Today we recommend the Randall Munroe webcomic, xkcd, for some clever fun, quirky insight, a bit of sarcasm, and mathematics.…
Quizzes
Econlife Quiz: Friends
With Netflix streaming 236 episodes of Friends, the econlife team decided to look at the money, the meals and the markets in our latest econlife quiz.…
e-links
Friday’s e-links
Friday’s e-links: Today we recommend listening to a classic novel and also a NY Times article that relates to the importance of the sports bra.…
