Economic Ideas

June 28, 2018
women in film
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 28, 2018
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The Missing Female Film Critics

The skewed race and gender of the film critics that review our top grossing movies might not express what a more diverse group would say.

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June 26, 2018
banana consumption
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 26, 2018
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How the EU and the U.S. Fought a Banana Trade War

With tariffs and quotas the weapons, the 1990s banana trade war between the European Union and the U.S. was a classic except for one key difference.

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June 25, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Prisoners' Dilemma
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 25, 2018
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Breaking the First-Digit Law and Other Number Crimes

When the digits that appear frequently in national accounting figures, spreadsheets, and earnings reports are missing, then we can say we have suspicious numbers.

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June 20, 2018
Our Weekly News Roundup and moon dust markets
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 20, 2018
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The Woman Who Wants a Moon Dust Market

Unless the U.S. government lets a woman in Tennessee keep and then sell her moon dust, it will remain a "priceless" national treasure with unknown value.

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June 18, 2018
Our Weekly News Roundup and economic efficiency
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 18, 2018
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How Starbucks Coffee Bean Husks Are Like Perdue Chicken Paws

When previously worthless byproducts like coffee bean husks, chicken paws, and hog snouts became popular, we increased our economic efficiency.

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June 17, 2018
food taxes
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 17, 2018
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Why We Needed to Retake the Marshmallow Test

After doing their own version of the marshmallow test, researchers from NYU and UC Irvine told us to look at the value of delayed gratification somewhat differently.

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June 15, 2018
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Bombardier's airplane manufacturing subsidies
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 15, 2018
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A Trade Story With a Happy Ending

Looking at airplane manufacturing through Bombardier's new billion dollar order from Delta, we can see why a multinational supply chain can lower tariffs.

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June 13, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and North Korean prices
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 13, 2018
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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.

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June 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 12, 2018
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The Top Ten Worst Reasons For Not Having Women on Corporate Boards

Looking at a list of the ten worst reasons used to explain women's absence from corporate boards, we can see why progress has been slow.

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