Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Saving Daylight to Losing Laissez-Faire

Connecting economic ideas, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes gender bias from Google, laissez-faire and farm labor.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Big Macs to Blue Wine

Connecting economic ideas, current events and history, our weekly economic news roundup includes grade inflation, EU regulation of blue wine and happiness.

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Tipping to Vacations

Weekly News Roundup Sunday 02.26.17 Surprising costs at the Academy Awards… Monday 02.27.17 Where people take longer vacations… Tuesday 02.28.17 How the tipping wage and the minimum wage differ… Wednesday 03.01.17 What cranberries say about NAFTA… Thursday 03.02.17 Why parking is never…

Weekly Roundup: From Fewer Bees to More Austerity

Weekly News Roundup Sunday 02.19.17 Where bubbles tell a story… Monday 02.20.17 How markets save bees… Tuesday 02.21.17 Why Greece resists the bailout… Wednesday 02.22.17 How iPhones bite back… Thursday 02.23.17 Why farms use fewer people..   Friday 02.24.17 Where you need to chew…

Weekly Roundup: From Counterfeit Cash to Credit Scores

Weekly News Roundup   Sunday 02.12.17 The ins and outs of world trade… Monday 02.13.17 Choosing a healthcare system… Tuesday 02.14.17 The insurance that African farmers need… Wednesday 02.15.17 How credit relates to good relationships… Thursday 02.16.17 What makes money real……

Weekly Roundup: From Smaller Salads to Bigger Bathrooms

Weekly News Roundup Sunday 02.05.17 Solving a tough urban problem… Monday 02.06.17 How paying more means spending less… Tuesday 02.07.17 Where Dodd-Frank is going… Wednesday 02.08.17 When a traffic jam helps business… Thursday 02.09.17 A new way to see a bathroom… Friday 02.10.17 Why…

Weekly Roundup: From Buying Healthcare to Selling Avocados

Weekly News Roundup Sunday 01.29.17 Why a small avocado relates to a big issue… Monday 01.30.17 How healthcare incentives break the (supply and demand) laws… Tuesday 01.31.17 The past, present and future for Super Bowl ads… Wednesday 02.01.17 Urban ups and downs… Thursday 02.02.17 The…

Weekly Roundup: From Missing Women to Finding Colleges

Connecting current events, history and economics, our Weekly Roundup includes supply and surge prices, human capital and missing women, and chicken tariffs.

Weekly Roundup: From Less Soda to More Income

Weekly News Roundup Sunday 01.15.17 The tough part of selling marijuana… Monday 01.16.17 When a phone is a bank… Tuesday 01.17.17 How government nudges you away from sugary drinks… Wednesday 01.18.17 Why our paycheck is bigger then we think… Thursday 01.19.17 China’s…

Weekly Roundup: From the Downside of a Bug to the Upside of Cash

Connecting economics, current events and history, our weekly roundup includes the cost of the minimum wage, a shorter workday and preserving a species.