MLB gender report
Sports
Why the MLB Gender Grade Is a C

With two masters degrees and a Cardinals internship on her resume, Rachel Balkovec was ignored by 15 baseball teams when she applied for a coaching job. Then though, she applied as Rae, and got a ton of responses… until they…

MLB peanuts and hot dogs
Sports
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.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Major League Baseball MLB revenue
Sports
What Empty Stadiums Could Do To MLB

With coronavirus social distancing, MLB revenue and costs will depend on if, how many, and when fans can attend baseball games.

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and misery indexes
Economic Thinkers
What Misery Indexes Say About Baseball and the World

Whether ranking baseball team fans or a country’s unemployment and inflation rates, misery indexes can tell us about people’s happiness.

MLB gender report
The Market System
When $430 Million Is Not Enough

Whether looking at Mike Trout’s $430 million or a newly drafted player, we see athletes whose baseball salaries are called underpaid.

MLB gender report
Economic Ideas
Why Major League Baseball Has a C+ Gender Grade

Because the presence of women in Major League Baseball (MLB) management positions is very small, they have diminished their talented human capital supply.

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