Thursday, March 12, 2026

What We See When We Look at Two Centuries of American Board Games (economics was often featured)

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By Mary Pilon . Excerpt: "As the 19th century drew to a close, a growing middle class found itself with disposable income, shorter wor...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Does Evolutionary Psychology Support Joseph Campbell's Belief In The Need For A World Mythology?

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The mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote a book called The Hero With A Thousand Faces which inspired George Lucas to make the Star Wars movie...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Alarm clocks for Odysseus

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See  The Alarm Clocks That Shock You, Make You Do Math and Take Your Money: Product designers are coming up with ways to rouse deep sleepers...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don’t Bet on It Now.

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Neither theory, history nor the latest data suggests a recession driven by AI job dislocation is likely   By Greg Ip . Excerpts: "Techn...
Friday, March 06, 2026

The % of 25-54 year-olds employed was 80.7% in Feb. after being 80.8% in Jan.; Average hours worked at 34.3

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One weakness of the unemployment rate is that if people drop out of the labor force they cannot be counted as an unemployed person and the ...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

What items are eligible for purchase with food stamps? It's complicated (and is it a case of the tradeoff between Type I & Type II errors?)

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See  Is a Cookie a Type of Candy? Supermarkets Have a New Food-Stamp Conundrum: Eighteen states are moving to restrict what SNAP funds can b...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

How Remaking the Neighborhood Could Boost Poor Kids’ Futures

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1990s initiative to replace housing projects with mixed-income developments gave children economic lift as adults, research finds By Justin ...
Monday, March 02, 2026

For College Applicants, Pressure to Make Summers Count Has Gotten Even Worse

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Teens scramble to specialize their summer pursuits early— to convey a ‘story’ to college admissions officers By Jasmine Li of The WSJ . Exc...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Lighthouses Are Not Always Public Goods

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This is really interesting. It comes from the Public Goods and Externalities entry at the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. It is by Tyl...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Hackers Recruit Unhappy Insiders to Bypass Data Security

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Flat wages, layoffs and automation are creating an army of disgruntled workers with ready access to enterprise networks By Angus Loten of Th...