With plant-based foods growing like weeds, we have to decide if their vegan names should reflect the foods that they resemble.…
What We Eat and What We Waste
Finding out what we eat, what we waste, and what we spend on our food can depend on the decade we look at and when we were born.…
Finding the Best Soda Tax
Involving us individually and as a community, sugary drink taxes create nudges that result in a long list of costs and benefits.…
Why Life Is Not a Bowl of (Tart) Cherries
The crisis farmers are facing with plunging tart cherry prices takes us to big questions about tariffs and federal marketing agreements.…
How the Weather Affects What We Buy
Even influencing the kind of car we decide to buy, weather economics can have a surprising impact on the decisions we make as consumers.…
Why Avocados Have Become a Luxury Item
To understand why avocado prices are soaring, we start with California and Mexico and then end up with Chipotle and the Chinese Middle class.…
Why We Want Sneakers Made From Coffee
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.…