There are some good reasons that most of us are contributing to a reputation inflation that diminishes the meaning of an Uber driver rating score.…
Why Uber and Best Buy Care About Your Customer Score More Than You Think
About much more than the buyer, a customer score helps ride providers like Uber and retailers like Best Buy use their resources more effectively.…
What We Don’t Know About Dirt
MLB stadium infields might look like dirt but really, firms have competed to prove that their combination of clay, silt and sand is unique.…
The Surprises That Occupational Licenses Create
Illustrated by a tooth whitening case at the U.S. Supreme Court and new research from Northwestern, the spread of occupational licensing could need further evaluation.…
Why It’s Tough for OPEC to Fight the Frackers
The OPEC nations are having a tough time deciding what oil price to target because it all depends on how U.S. shale oil producers will respond.…
How to Know If You Are a Millennial
Using a lens that divides us by generations, we can look more closely at Millennial characteristics to see how they differ from other age groups.…
How a Steel Tariff Creates a Lobster Trap
As Canadian fisheries enjoy more business because a trade deal lowered the price of lobster exports, Maine’s fisherman are suffering from lower sales.…
What a Strawberry and a Chicken Say About Free Trade
More than governments negotiating agreements, free trade is about the variety of strawberries, chickens, pickup trucks and pencils that we can buy.…
The Hopportunity Cost of the Craft Beer Name Shortage
Craft brewery competition got tougher as the number of craft breweries went up and the number of available beer names went down.…
The Lobster War Between Sweden and Maine
The future of North American lobster exports to the European Union was threatened when 32 “surly” reddish green lobsters were found in Scandinavian waters.…