At home because of Covid, many of us have been busy in our backyards. We’ve needed more seeds, tools, and gnomes. And that is the problem. At one garden center in the U.K., they’ve not seen a gnome for six…
What Can We Learn From Japan?
Looking back at the Japanese economy and ahead at the United States, we can ask if we will have similar fiscal and monetary results.
How to Select the Best Countries
Instead of collecting a massive volume of statistics, iU.S. News uses people’s perceptions to rank the world’s 78 best countries.
Where Housing Prices Are Going Through the Roof
Whether looking at lumber or houses, we see a housing boom that is an example of classic supply and demand.
What Your Car Says About You and Your Neighborhood
If we want to know neighborhood characteristics about income, education, and even politics, we just need to know its cars.
Why Car Colors Matter
Choosing car colors is about more than an appearance when we look more closely at resale value, temperature, and theft.
Why You Should Bet On a Vaccine
Giving us unbiased insight about the future, vaccine prediction markets can help us predict when the economy could return to normal.
The Corporate Tax Rates That Are Not What They Appear To Be
Right now, the U.S. corporate tax rate is close to the world average: But, if other OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries agree with Janet Yellen, we could wind up with a global minimum corporate tax for…
The Economic Side of a License Plate
Long ago, someone figured out that we needed a license plate as an identifier. In New York State, between 1901 and 1909, drivers made their own from felt, leather, or metal. The first NYS plates had people’s initials: Once…
What We Can Learn From Used Car Prices
Some economists are asking if the increase in used car prices is an indicator of the path that future inflation will take.