Economists can use nighttime lights from NASA’s satellite images of the earth to decide if China’s economic growth statistics are accurate.
A New Kind of (Japanese) Stress
Requiring shorter refrigerators and adult diapers, Japan’s aging population is creating demographic stress as their numbers grow.
Where Moving Matters
Although U.S. migration patterns show that the popularity of different states vary from year to year, the one consistent trend has been less moving.
Curing Saudi Arabia’s Dutch Disease
The Saudi king’s golden escalators are examples of their affluence from oil and the need for Saudi diversification from oil.
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Millennials to McRibs
Connecting economics, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes marginal McRibs and a surprising way to control pollution.
Managing the McRib
Knowing that McRib supply is not predictable, the fans of the pork, barbecue sauce, onions and pickle sandwich are delighted whenever it resurfaces.
Why Corporate Taxes Are Never Simple
Similar to a Magritte surrealistic painting, corporate taxes are not as simple as they appear because publicized numbers hide the real facts and incentives.
A Tale of Two T-Shirts
Covering 500 or so miles, a made-in-America t-shirt supply chain can be very different from a globally sourced t-shirt that travels more than 15,000 miles.
How Affluence Relates to Pollution
China’s first three five-year plans had no mention of the environment. Then in plans five through nine, there was more. And now, looking at plans 11 to 13, we would see that 5% of all words relate to ecology, energy or the environment. Where are…
A Happy (and sad) Razor and Blade Story
Producers of police body cameras can use a razor and blade strategy to spike their revenue for data storage and management.
