Comparing the U.S. workweek with South Korea and five European nations reveals how much we do at night and during the weekend.
Business Cycles
The Best Reasons For Later School Start Times
In addition to teens’ mental health, we can support later school start times with cost benefit analysis that focuses on the economy.
The Jobs That Women Don’t Do
One of the original Rosie the Riveters was just in the news. Now 98 years old, Elinor Otto visited the San Diego aircraft plant where she first picked up her riveting gun during World War II. At the Douglas Aircraft…
What Grey Poupon Says About Your Affluence
You can assume that individuals are affluent if their consumer spending includes iPads, Verizon Wireless, and Ziploc bags.
U.S. Steel and Apple: From One Billion to One Trillion
Rather like Apple just became the first trillion dollar corporation, in 1901 U.S. Steel took us past the billion dollar threshold.
The Health-Care Job Spurt
With health care becoming a job engine, we could have more physicians, nurses, and assistants twith job-related names like Payne, Butcher, and Burns.
The Value of Work Done at Home
Whether looking at childcare, boiling water, or changing a light bulb, the activities that compose household production are tough to value.
Celebrating Alexander Hamilton’s Economic Independence
Relevant today, the timeless ideas in Alexander Hamilton’s development plan are about sovereign debt, banking, and economic growth.
The Mystery of the North Korean Economy
Looking at the North Korean economy, economists have to become detectives because the government refuses to share basic statistics.
Winning the World Cup
In many ways, a country can become good at football (soccer) and nurture a World Cup winner but it also could get snagged by the “middle income trap.”