While it can be interesting to see the massive incomes of the richest billionaires, global inequality is much more complicated.
When People Won’t Want Heavy Reading
Whether buying books by the pound or establishing a factory weight quota, the impact of the incentives will surprise you.
The Minimum Wage Debate
Whether looking at Germany’s minimum wage hike or David Card’s classic 1992 study, still raising the minimum wage can be controversial.
Why Metrics Can Be Misleading
We can wind up with misleading metrics when the number we use as a goal becomes the incentive that distorts output decisions.
What Iowa Could Have Learned From La La Land
Seemingly different, for the same reasons, we’ve had partial nuclear plant meltdowns, financial meltdowns, and a meltdown in Iowa during their caucus.
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.
Incentives That Have Unexpected Results
From the Wells Fargo scandal to the British National Health Service and Chilean bus drivers, sometimes incentives can have unintended consequences.
One Reason That Geography Matters
Have you ever looked closely at Japan and the United Kingdom? Described by geographer Jared Diamond in a fascinating podcast, they look remarkably similar. Today Japan and the British Isles are modern industrial societies. Both are north/south archipelagos located in…
