How much patience you display could affect your economic decisions. So too could your preference for risk and your altruism. Add to that positive and negative reciprocity and trust and you get a new metric, the Global Preferences Survey (GPS).…
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Why Traffic Jams Are Spreading
During my frequent drives to Manhattan, traffic congestion is worse than ever. The reason could be Uber and Lyft. This is the story. San Francisco Congestion Let’s start with congestion. Like the Supreme Court quote on pornography (“…I know it…
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From an Uber Apology to a Chase Logo
Weekly Roundup Sunday 10.14.18 Where an iPhone travels… Monday 10.15.18 The economics of an Uber apology… …
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.
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Whisky Auctions to Wine Tests
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from Nobel trivia and when we’re creative to the price of light.
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.