Economic Ideas

July 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and and Brexit progress
Published by Elaine Schwartz at July 5, 2018
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A Brexit To Do List

Ranging from from border infrastructure to a divorce bill, a Brexit To Do List can be given a Readiness Score that shows their negotiating progress.

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June 29, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and measuring happiness
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 29, 2018
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Why More Babies Were Born Nine Months After a Football (Soccer) Game

Because of events that range from football victories to electrical outages, birth rates can spike or fall nine months later.

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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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