Like Uber and Airbnb, the growing popularity of Eat With Stranger Apps (EWSAs) is creating sharing economy dilemmas that relate to regulation.
The World’s Most Expensive Bread
More than a number, the cost of living in the world’s most expensive cities is about bread and wine and who can afford to stay.
What We Do With Our Time
To see what how much we work and sleep and play, and what the GDP does not tell us, we can use the American Time Use Survey.
What Pets Can Teach Us About Healthcare Spending
We cannot avoid unintended consequences from healthcare legislation because healthcare spending has no “one-size-fits-all” solution.
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Commas to Colors
Connecting economic ideas, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes color branding, Social Security funding and costly kids.
The Cost of a Comma
A missing Oxford comma became rather expensive when an appellate court used it to interpret Maine’s overtime labor law in favor of a dairy’s drivers.
Why Social Security Needs Immigrants
Because unauthorized immigrants pay billions of dollars in payroll taxes, they are one solution to the Social Security solvency problem.
What State Gasoline Taxes and a LUST Fund Have in Common
A LUST Trust Fund and higher state gasoline taxes may come in handy if massive federal infrastructure spending becomes more doubtful.
How Color Helps Firms Compete
When the tiny box is robin egg blue or the delivery truck is brown, those color trademarks convey an identity that makes color more meaningful.
The Cost of Raising a Child
Including how much we spend on the tooth fairy, the cost of raising a child can simply be one total or it can involve different specific expenditures.
