Long assumed to have a direct relationship, the connection between height and GDP becomes more complex when we compare India and Africa.
What Bread Says About Women
Through the industrialization of just one slice of bread, we can see the history of the U.S. economy since the beginning of the 20th century.
Why the Social Security Crisis Has Begun
Caused by aging baby boomers, expanded criteria and the remnants of the great recession, SSDI entitlement spending is approaching insolvency.
The Reversed Role of Chinese Deposit Insurance
While many nations have deposit Insurance and China will have theirs very soon, the quality and the confidence in different deposit insurance schemes vary.
The Government Websites We Most Like (or Hate) to Visit
Website traffic can tell us the information we need from government and some clues about the federal budget.
A New Way to Rank the Worst Diseases
While death rates are a seemingly easy way to assess healthcare spending, other perspectives like DALYs could be better when we consider the tradeoffs.
How Temptation Bundling Can Help You Exercise More
Because cost and benefit analysis shows that temptation bundling for gym attendance encourages healthier behaviors, the approach can be used elsewhere.
Tradeoffs and Marriage: Like a Horse and Carriage
As the pill, education and employment opportunities changed the value of women as wives, the tradeoffs that relate to being married have also changed.
Part 2: What To Do When More People Are Old
Facing an aging population and more entitlements, countries that are encouraging more births to expand the labor force might be creating a bigger problem.
Part 1: What To Do When More People Are Old
As population shifts, developed nations will have redistribution decisions as the proportion of the non-working aged and the young need more labor income.