By crowdsourcing innovation through a contest, NASA hopes to solve a poop problem with financial incentives that have dependably spurred invention.…
Weekly Roundup: From More Grit to Less Sugar
Weekly News Roundup Sunday 05.01.16 Why we need grit…more Monday 05.02.16 A better way to fight poachers…more Tuesday 05.03..16 The tax that Princeton might have to pay…more Wednesda…
When Grit Helps You Excel
Also called grit, the ability to adhere to many hours of solitary practice that targets an increasingly difficult sequence of skills levels helps us excel.…
Keeping Hamilton on the New 10 Dollar Bill
If Alexander Hamilton’s image remains on a new 10 dollar bill, then a woman’s image could replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.…
Three Graphs That Tell the Whole Oil Story
Following the law of supply, U.S. shale oil firms will lower output because OPEC is letting price plummet but airlines on demand side like lower prices.…
The Spillover from Refrigerators in China
The spread of refrigeration in China has positive and negative externalities that relate to household diets, greenhouse gases and transport and home waste.…
How is March Madness About Women?
Our Monday Gender Issue: “A woman’s place is on home, first, second, and third.” A League of Their Own, 1992 45 years ago, cheerleading and square dancing were the sports we associated wit…
The Benefits of "Pay-It-Forward"
Perhaps a pay-it-forward record, at a Connecticut Starbucks, more than 1,000 people each paid for the person behind them during December 2013. The store manager was on to something when he said, ̶…
Economic Thinkers: The Coase Theorem and Prince
Assume for moment that you are in a college dormitory. You have a final exam tomorrow and someone in a nearby room is playing very loud music. Most of us would say that the music maker has to stop. No…
Gender Issues: Women's Labor Days
What if a billion underutilized women entered the global economy during the next 10 years? Economies might get these growth rate boosts: Sweden: 2% US: 5% Brazil: 9% Japan: 9% South Africa: 10% United…