Because he revised his country’s inaccurate deficit and received Eurostat approval, Greece’s chief statistician might be prosecuted for “breach of faith.”
The Connection Between a Killer Plant and Elmer’s Glue
An innovation being sold to manufacturers, jars with slippery interior surfaces will create positive externalities by lessening waste and saving time.
Why We Need Sunday Shopping
To fuel French economic growth, productivity and employment, a controversial law will allow more Sunday shopping but the business/leisure debate continues.
Following the March Madness Money
Whether looking at what fans spend and wager or the NCAA, the coaches, the teams, the media, and corporate promotions, March Madness is about big business.
The Surprising Reason Your Car Was Made in Mexico
More than its low labor costs, Mexico is attracting car manufacturers away from the U.S. because it has free trade agreements with more than 40 countries.
How Temptation Bundling Can Help You Exercise More
Because cost and benefit analysis shows that temptation bundling for gym attendance encourages healthier behaviors, the approach can be used elsewhere.
Weekly Roundup: From Shopping More to Driving Less
Our everyday economics includes tradeoffs, debt ceiling, fiscal policy, GDP, productivity, entitlements, regulation, autonomous vehicles, and innovation.
How the Driverless Car is About More Than Driving
Related to customization, sharing, software dominance, job losses, and ripples of disrupting the status quo, the driverless car is an innovation prototype.
Six Ways to Make Government Better
One of many examples in Peter Schuck’s new book, the Social Security program shows how government can be successful and also why it “fails so often.”
Why We Want New iPhones
A competitive strategy, planned obsolescence is controversial. It can spur innovation and growth or represent corporate waste and consumer manipulation.
