Our weekly roundup includes a look at parental leave plans and fuel conservation, an ethanol update and how corn markets can surprise us.…
Comparing Parental Leave Plans
Including California and the U.K., the number and benefits of parental leave plans have been increasing but we also should consider the tradeoffs.…
Weekly Roundup: From Buying Big Macs to Selling Waders
Our weekly roundup includes the tennis gender pay gap and toilet gap, free trade and individual businesses, and the purchasing power of the minimum wage.…
Weekly Roundup: From Neighborhood Names to Middle Class Jobs
Our weekly roundup includes the tie between chili pepper heat and standardized measures, offshoring and the middle class and neighborhoods and brands.…
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.…
Why the Superrich Earn So Much
The reason that the superrich who are in finance, entertainment, and technology can earn much more than 19th century superstars is technology.…
Weekly Roundup: From the Generation Gap to the Pay Gap
This week’s economic news summary includes productivity from an aging population, the impact of cheap oil, and consumer spending on aspirational goods.…
Weekly Roundup: From Smart Cars to Dumb Laws
This week’s economic news summary includes work week tradeoffs in France, new labor laws for the gig economy, and why price tags are disappearing.…
Weekly Roundup: From Venezuela’s French Fries to the Army’s Pizza
Posts Roundup Sunday 11.01.15 How to be inches away from getting hired…more Monday 11.02.15 Why one-child could be here to stay…more Tuesday 11.03.15 The army food we eat at home…mor…
Why It’s Tough to Place the Poverty Line
Whether calculating the poverty rate in Rwanda or in the U.S., the income and/or consumption variables you select determine your results.…