Frequently invisible, the gender inequity we could see in our public policies and product design extends to snow removal and pianos…
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What’s trending in economics at both the macro and micro levels.
The Little-Known Impact of Chinese Tariffs
Whereas the headlines tell us all about the impact of Chinese tariffs on the prices of U.S. goods, there is a hidden side that they have not mentioned.…
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.…
How A Working Mother’s Time Use Has Changed
Working mothers have changed the amount of time they spend on the job, and also on household chores, caring for children, sleeping, and leisure.…
Six Facts: Our Global Energy Consumption
The six facts that illustrate our global energy consumption take us to the countries, the growth rates, and the types of energy..…
How Legos Discovered It’s Not Easy to be Green
If we want our Legos to match, attach, and detach, we might have to wait awhile for them to develop the appropriate bio-based plastic.…
What a Tax, a Ship, and a Road Can Tell You
Somewhat invisible, time determines whether central bankers and legislators have the accurate statistics that they need for economic policy.…
Why Mapping Apps Create the Prisoner’s Dilemma
The success of a decision to use Waze, Google Maps, and other mapping apps to avoid traffic can depend on outsmarting the prisoner’s dilemma.…
Throwback Thursday: When Google Was Just Google
#TBT: Today’s Google is the result of 270 acquisitions. Let’s look back at what it (and others like it) used to be and then forward to what we have now. Google’s Growth Spurts During…
What Female Soccer Players Hope to Win in Court
In the court battle over the gender pay gap in women’s World Cup soccer, the U.S. national team is citing issues that relate to much more than a sport.…