When To Give a Gift

During the winter holidays, considering all of our gift giving decisions, we could listen to some economic advice.

Butter, Buildings, and Baumol’s Disease

New Chicago Fed head Austan Goolsbee and a U. of Chicago colleague try to solve the mystery of lagging construction industry productivity.

The Reason For An Income Tax Default (Form)

In Denmark, the government automatically prepares people’s taxes. Because they already have the data they need, the tax authority calculates everyone’s income taxes and sends them notice of how much they owe or will receive as a refund. With 80%…