When we look at where the world’s gasoline prices are high and low, we could be surprised with their affordability.
Who Will Care About the Starbucks Price Hike?
When coffee drinkers hear that some prices at Starbucks will rise, their response will depend how how elastic their demand is.
A Brexit Scare From Unilever
Unilever just created a Brexit Scare. Saying its commodity prices are rising while the pound sterling is sinking, Unilever wants to charge 10% more. Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco, is resisting. At first Tesco removed many Unilever products from its…
The Impact of a Minimum Alcohol Price
The Scotch Whisky Association has taken Scotland’s Parliament to court because of a MUP. The goal of the MUP–a Minimum-Unit Pricing law–was to reduce alcohol consumption. Where are we going? To the impact of an alcohol price floor. Some Background In 2012,…
Weekly Roundup: From Achieving Success to Paying for Dates
Weekly News Roundup Sunday 05.22.16 How healthy labels help firms compete…more Monday 05.23.16 The economic side of dating…more Tuesday 05.24.16 Why sharing train tracks is a problem…more Wednesday 05.25.16 The déjà vu part of the candidates’ tax plans …more Thursday 05.26.16 How attractiveness relates to success…more Friday…
The Power of a Tax Incentive
Deciding if you support cigarette taxes on e-cigarettes depends on whether you think they are a health risk or a weapon in the battle against tobacco.
Weekly Roundup: From Warren Buffett’s Bet to McDonald’s Hamburgers
Our weekly roundup includes productivity and a hamburger assembly line, financial intermediaries and index funds, soda tax incentives and the GMI.