Weekly Roundup: From Area Codes to Toilets

This week’s economic news summary included looking at human capital from a health care and college perspective and at area codes as conspicuous consumption.

Weekly Roundup: From Lost Jobs to Fewer Tips

Posts Roundup Sunday 10.11.15 Why we stick with a brand…more Monday 10.12.15 The many meanings of the minimum wage…more Tuesday 10.13.15 How a drone port solves road problems…more Wednesday 10.14.15 Development surprises from a new Nobel winner…more Thursday 10.15.15 Finding disappearing jobs…more…

The Downside of Jobs Growth

Looking at U.S job growth and declines, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence says the problem is job growth in the non-tradable sector with less value added.

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.

The Problem With Priceless Medical Care

Currently tough to find, rational hospital prices would help hospitals control cost, eliminate price discrimination. improve efficiency and care.

A New Way to Calculate Drug Prices

Rather than the market system, several doctor suggest that cancer drugs can be priced using variables based on value that include toxicity and efficacy.

Weekly Roundup: From Height to Hamburgers

Our everyday economics includes behavioral economics, GDP, demand & supply, inflation, tradeoffs, markets, consumer spending, environment, and regulation.