At 8 am or earlier, the average high school start time could diminish adolescent math and reading cognition because of sleep deprivation.
Business Cycles
Questions About Popeye and Misleading Statistics
Precise numbers can become misleading statistics when politicians, journalists and scholars use them for jobs projections and GDP totals.
The Rise and Fall of Standardized Dress Sizes in the U.S.
Whereas we know the size of an inch and a mile, standardized dress sizes were developed and then abandoned in the United States.
Enlightening Measures of China’s Growth
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.
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…
The Jobs That Unemployed Men Don’t Want
We have far fewer secretaries and many less manufacturing jobs. But the secretaries are not in the headlines. Why? Male- and Female-Dominated Jobs In areas like manufacturing, there are many male-dominated jobs. Those male dominated jobs though tend to be…
Daylight Saving Time Dilemmas
Last weekend, our daylight saving time dilemmas began again as we lost an hour of sleep but gained evening time to shop, exercise and go to athletic events.
How EU Regulation Deals With Blue Wine
Surprisingly significant, the EU’s opposition to blue wine reflects how regulation constrains the innovation that creates productivity and economic growth.
The Armyworm Attacks in Zambia
Micro-insurance that protects African farmers from infestations and drought can have a surprising impact on their willingness to invest.