While seeing that height matters by identifying where we would see the most tall people, researchers note that we are growing shorter.
A Universal Basic Income Update
Looking at the universal basic income (UBI), we find a contradiction between people’s expectations and the results.
In Two Americas, Just One Sees Goldilocks
Although their lenses differ, economists agree that we have two Americas with education, income, and life expectancy dividing us.
Why a Baby Needs a Bond
Looking at wealth distribution in the United States, we can see why Connecticut has a new Baby Bond program.
Will Money Bring You Happiness?
Looking at our day-to-day emotions and our life evaluation, recent studies give us some answers about whether money brings happiness.
Will Money Make You Happy?
While it is tough to do happiness studies, the economists that keep trying have begun to conclude that money could indeed relate to our life satisfaction.
Why It’s Tough to Place the Poverty Line
Whether calculating the poverty rate in Rwanda or in the U.S., the income and/or consumption variables you select determine your results.
A Nobel Message on Health and Wealth
The 2015 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Angus Deaton studied inequality through health and wealth and micro and macroeconomics.
Tall and Short Populations
Princeton economist Angus Deaton estimates that it will take 500 years for Indian women to reach the height of English women. In The Great Escape, Dr. Deaton explains that a population could be short because of nutrition or disease. When babies…