How Taylornomics Boosts the Economy

Called Taylornomics, the economic boost from Swift’s Eras tour and the newly released movie of the tour ripples far beyond theaters.

How to Gobble 62 Hot Dogs

Watching competitive eating at the annual Nathan’s contest, we need an economic explanation to understand the results.

How To Think Outside the (Pizza) Box

Whether looking at pizza acrobatics or your local pizza restaurant, the goal of competition is product differentiation.

How Beef Croquettes Are Like National Parks

Whether asking about the allocation of beef croquettes or national park reservations, the answers take us to the three economic systems.

The Future of the Mall

Remembering the shopping malls that are gone and those that remain, we can ask how different their future will be.

Where Red and Blue Agree

Our shared Halloween candy favorites demonstrate that red and blue states can agree on the sweeter parts of life.

The Problem With MoviePass

For those of us that thought the MoviePass story ended in 2019, we can go to their new website for the next chapter.

Why Theaters Could Have Popcorn Problems

Movie theaters operators warn us that remnants of pandemic supply chain disruptions could create popcorn problems.

The Surprising Star of Space Jam

Done well, movie product placements for firms like Nike and even a university like MIT can boost brand value.

The Thousands of Marvel Superheroes We Will Meet

When Disney bought Marvel, it wound up with the rights to 7,000 characters and, as they described it, perhaps 20 years’ worth of worlds to explore. Meet, for example, Doorman. First introduced in 1989, Doorman is a class-10 teleporter (according…