Weekly Roundup: From Slicing Bread to Saving Honeybees

Our everyday economics includes behavioral economics, commitment devices, environment, supply, regulation, free trade, gender issues and the minimum wage.

What Bread Says About Women

Through the industrialization of just one slice of bread, we can see the history of the U.S. economy since the beginning of the 20th century.

Weekly Roundup: From Steak Patents to Marijuana Taxes

Our everyday economics includes behavioral economics, trade barriers, taxes, entitlements, externalities, intellectual property and industrialization.

Love, Marriage and Inequality

As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.

The Importance of a Good (Voice) Pitch

Because men and women associate competence, confidence, and authority with a deeper voice, gender inequality can be caused by how women speak.

The Reason NBC Can Charge $4.5 Million for a Super Bowl Ad

Because of monopoly pricing power, as a price maker with sole Super Bowl broadcast rights, NBC can charge $4.5 million for a 30 second ad slot.

How Men Act When They Outnumber Women

How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men’s financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.

Weekly Roundup: From Potato Chips to Pregnancy

Our Posts Roundup  Sunday 12.07.14 Innovative potato stories…more    Monday 12.08.14 The pregnant UPS lady who sued her boss…more    Tuesday 12.09.14 Measuring inflation can be tough…more    Wednesday 12.10.14 Why Congress creates economic uncertainty…more    Thursday 12.11.14 The ways that…

Why Pregnancy is a Labor Force Issue

With women’s labor force participation rate having soared during the past 50 years, firms’ attitude toward pregnancy has become a job discrimination issue.

Weekly Roundup: From Pacesetters to Prices

Our everyday economics includes externalities, supply and demand, price maker, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, statistics, money supply & innovation.