Weekly Roundup Sunday 10.14.18 Where an iPhone travels… Monday 10.15.18 The economics of an Uber apology… Tuesday 10.16.…
What’s Trending
What’s trending in economics at both the macro and micro levels.
How Legal Marijuana Could Make the Canadian GDP Too High
With marijuana legalization, Canada has had to revise 60 years of its Gross National Product (GDP) to avoid misleading numbers.…
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Logos at Chase and American Airlines
#TBT: Today’s Throwback Thursday looks back at Chase Bank and ahead to American Airlines to see how corporate logos have changed.…
Where Education and Healthcare Could Be Better
The new World Bank Human Capital Index was created to encourage the leaders of 157 countries to improve their healthcare and education.…
Six Facts: What Our Pet Spending Says About Us
Documented in the entertainment category of consumer expenditures, pet spending has increased at the same time that their names have changed.…
An Inside Look at the iPhone
Doing an iPhone teardown for the XS Max, we see the cost of the components and the suppliers that extend around the world.…
Friday’s e-links
Friday’s e-links: Today we link to a good fictitious read about Edison and Tesla and an album with 27 Constitutional Amendments interpreted by 27 musicians.…
The Scandal at the Master Sommelier School
Sort of like the licensing exams required by government for certain professions, the wine industry also determines the credentials of its master sommeliers.…
The Light Side of Economic Growth
Looking at William Nordhaus’s study of lighting history, we can see how increasingly cheaper illumination boosted our living standards.…
Looking For Peak Creativity
While the data for scientists and artists can indicate the age of our peak creativity, a close look reveals that it is much more complicated.…