Six Facts About Disaster Economics

When natural disasters like hurricanes, massive snowstorms, and wildfires strike a region, their economic impact is far more than the clean-up.

How We Use Our Time

To see if we allocate time like a typical American, we can look at a jelly beans video and the annual American Time Use Survey (ATUS).

The Woman Who Wants a Moon Dust Market

Unless the U.S. government lets a woman in Tennessee keep and then sell her moon dust, it will remain a “priceless” national treasure with unknown value.

Six Facts We Need To Know About Medicare

Soon to be swamped by the baby boomers, Medicare’s finances are summarized in this year’s report from the trustees that oversee the program’s funding.

Why It’s Tough To Be a BFC (Bike-Friendly City)

Looking at the world’s most bike-friendly cities, you can see why only one city in the U.S. was among the top twenty in 2015 and none were there in 2017.

More on the Mom Penalty

Whether we look at a cartoon on women’s “mental load” at home or a recent study on the gender pay gap in Denmark, the problem is the mommy penalty.

Which Generation Should Get More From Everyone Else?

Deciding which groups should give which should receive, government redistribution policies could be based on a generational lens.

What You Need to Decide About the Future of the Federal Budget

While the CBO’s (Congressional Budget Office) 2018-2028 report presents federal budget projections, the numbers also reflect the tradeoffs and some tough decisions.

What Brexit Will Do to the EU Budget

About more than the U.K., Brexit also creates EU budget problems because of the 10 to 12 billion euros that the British will no longer give annually.

The Hopportunity Cost of the Craft Beer Name Shortage

Craft brewery competition got tougher as the number of craft breweries went up and the number of available beer names went down.