Formally or informally, through laws or architecture, limiting restroom access to women, transgender people and men creates externalities and powerlessness.…
The Tennis Pay Gap
In tennis and other sports, the equal pay debate relates to ideas from feminist and identity economics that focus on attitudes about women’s worth.…
Where and Why Men Have Limited Female Literacy
In selected developing nations and historically throughout the world, because female literacy was formally constrained, nations limited their human capital.…
Weekly Roundup: From Calories to Climate
Our economic news summary included climate talks and externalities, “missing women” and Asian marriage markets, seniors’ spending and manufacturing supply.…
A Brief Primer for the Paris Climate Talks
Looking at the different levels of development and the alliances among those at the Paris climate talks, we see the challenge of reaching an agreement.…
Credit Card Winners and Losers
Because banks and other issuers of credit cards cover costs by charging retailers a fee, those sellers raise their prices to cash and credit customers.…
Weekly Roundup: From Traffic Congestion to Job Evaluation
Our everyday economics includes central planning, unintended consequences, comparative advantage, transportation infrastructure, cost & developing nations.…
Some Humor and Insight About Highway Congestion
Using road design as an example, we can show how innovation in our transportation infrastructure can improve productivity.…
Weekly Roundup: From Nibbling Nachos to Sipping Starbucks
Our everyday economics includes risk, externalities, purchasing power, complementary goods, capitalism, money supply, human capital, and innovation.…
The Cost of a Parmesan Catastrophe
The cost of a natural disaster tends to be higher in dollars in developed nations and in victims in the developing world.…