Looking at “The Address Book What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power,” we can see how addresses matter.
The Reopening Role of the Restroom
A big issue with little discussion, restroom problems need to be solved as we plan to reopen after coronavirus lockdowns.
Learn With Elaine: How Transparency Transformed Food Shopping
When the development of cellophane let us have self-service food shopping for meat and produce, it started a retailing revolution that economists call creative destruction.
The Spillover Created By a New Coffee Cup Lid
Creating considerable negative spillover, the Solo Traveler coffee (and tea) cup lid could be replaced by a vastly better design.
When a Tariff Is Like a Butterfly
While we can identify the billions of dollars of goods affected by U.S. China trade war, the tariff impact has also been invisible.
The Connection Between Traffic Jams and Jobs
As the downside of low unemployment, traffic congestion can have an invisible cost that relates to time, gas, and aggravation.
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)…
New Territory for Self-Driving Cars
Whereas the Model T brought us suburbia, highways and McDonald’s, the spillover from self-driving cars will also transform our lives at home and at work.