Whether it relates to coffee grounds or new clothing patterns, zero waste design can optimize economic efficiency in surprising ways.…
Why Taco Bell Needs More Hotel Rooms and Tortillas
If you tried to book a room at the Taco Bell pop-up hotel or ordered a burrito at one of their restaurants, you might have seen Taco Bell’s supply problems.…
An Unusual Pizza Market
When we compare pizza competition on an island to everywhere else, we wind up with some of what we expect but not entirely.…
The Countries That Return Lost Wallets
Looking at honor systems in stores and for lost wallets, we can see how people respond and where to find the most honesty.…
How To Get Speedier Fast Food
Hoping to increase its drive-thru speed, McDonald’s has begun to use voice recognition technology to compete against other fast food chains.…
A Surprising Fast-Food Fact
Although fast-food consumption has been connected to income, recent research indicates the correlation is not what we expect.…
Why An Economist Might Like a Restaurant Queue
Because a restaurant queue can help supply and demand, some eating establishments create the signal that it sends to diners.…
Why New Coke is Back
An innovative disaster, the introduction of New Coke in 1985 generated so massive a protest that no one ever thought it could return…until now.…
What the Grocery Store Says About Us
More than a place to buy food, the grocery store says a lot more about the affluence from our GDP and our subjective well-being.…
Who Is Likely to Live Alone?
For reasons that range from feminism to technology to urbanization, living alone in the United States has become increasingly typical.…