When we look at Google word searches, at family planning surveys, and at past multi-year disasters, we can predict pandemic birth rates.
Where Peanuts Are Like Hot Dogs
Roasted peanuts and hot dogs become rather similar when we look at the impact of the coronavirus on Major League Baseball.
Why Plastic Bag Bans Could Backfire
While the wisdom of plastic bag bans have always been debatable, now with the coronavirus pandemic, there is another reason to reverse them.
The Fights That Migrating Fish Fuel
When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.
Finding the Best Soda Tax
Involving us individually and as a community, sugary drink taxes create nudges that result in a long list of costs and benefits.
When a Tax Rate Is Not as Simple as It Sounds
Referring to “The Son of Man,” Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte said, “Everything we see hides another thing.” Instead, Magritte could have been describing corporate taxes. The U.S. Corporate Tax Cut National The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA)…
The Downside of a Minimum Wage Increase
While it is easy for us to see when the minimum wage goes up, the impact on low wage workers’ non-wage compensation is much less evident.
Deciding If Your Digital Assistant Is Unethical
Creating a long list of ethical dilemmas, Google’s Duplex is a digital assistant that sounds just like a human when scheduling appointments.