The Downside of a Minimum Wage Increase

While it is easy for us to see when the minimum wage goes up, the impact on low wage workers’ non-wage compensation is much less evident.

Deciding If Your Digital Assistant Is Unethical

Creating a long list of ethical dilemmas, Google’s Duplex is a digital assistant that sounds just like a human when scheduling appointments.

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.

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.

Where Parental Leave Leads To Gender Discrimination

Questions about how much paid parental leave new dads should receive is the reason Estée Lauder is being sued by the EEOC.

The Economic Side of the Eclipse

Eclipse economics will range from small town business activity to surging airfares and from goats to productivity losses.

Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Best French Fries

#TBT Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the original McDonald’s french fries that were made with beef tallow, we could say that the taste was worth the fat.

How Low-Skilled Immigrants Support Highly Skilled Women

In additional to debating the impact of immigration on less educated men, we should look at how highly skilled women are affected.

The Development Debate About Chickens

When Bill Gates expressed his foundation’s support for giving chickens to people in extreme poverty, he ignited a debate about development programs.

Throwback Thursday: Remembering Plane Comfort

For Throwback Thursday (#TBT) we can fondly look back to comfortable economy class travel before less pitch and width created shrinking airline seats.