Tag: economics
Airlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
As the U.S. holiday travel season picks up,...
To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks
Martijn Jeroen van der Linden, Hague University of Applied Sciences
Over the past decade, the super-rich and large corporations...
Why are some Beanie Babies worth more than others? Prices for...
Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado Boulder
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
How much is the world’s most productive river worth? Here’s how...
Stefan Lovgren, University of Nevada, Reno
Southeast Asia’s Mekong may be the most important river in the world. Known...
Smart meters and dynamic pricing can help consumers use electricity when...
Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California
Americans...
Five things that economists know, but sound wrong to most other...
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Economists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy choices in response...
Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs? The century long search...
Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury
For decades it was conventional wisdom in the field of economics that a higher...
Squid Game: the real debt crisis shaking South Korea that inspired...
Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield
Squid Game is anything but your typical, saccharine, soft-glow Korean television drama. In...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
