Dec 04 The bait-and-switch strategy of app development is doomed to fail By Olivia Barrow If you joined Snapchat when it was first created, watched Hulu when it was blissfully ad-free, browsed Twitter when it was only genuine tweets or even touched a computer or smartphone in the last 10 years, you’ve probably noticed it. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 5:26 How the benefits of climate action may outweigh the costs By PBS News Hour For two economists, the probability of true catastrophe due to human-caused global warming prompted them to write "Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet," which examines looming dangers and possible solutions. Economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look… Continue watching
Dec 03 An economist’s take on how to combat climate change By Gernot Wagner, Martin L. Weitzman Can economics help tackle the immense problem that is climate change?… Continue reading
Dec 03 Got milk? How lactose tolerance influenced economic development By Justin Cook Research suggests that the transition to agriculture produced genetic adaptations that led to measurable improvements in economic and health outcomes. Continue reading
Dec 03 Will these fringe technologies become the future of clean energy? By Vikram Mansharamani As the public and private sectors collaborate on energy and climate matters to help slow carbon emissions, it is worth pondering other technologies and how they may affect the future of energy. Continue reading
Dec 02 A procrastinator’s guide to navigating Medicare open enrollment By Philip Moeller Medicare’s annual open enrollment period ends on Dec. 7. Have you signed up?… Continue reading
Dec 01 How Europe’s insatiable thirst for beaver hats drove trade between the Native Americans and colonists By Paul Solman In 17th century New Plymouth, the pilgrims’ trade with the Natives focused on the three F’s: fur, fish and forests. Continue reading
Nov 27 Why it’s OK to splurge on Black Friday, according to a behavioral economist By Kristen Doerer Dan Ariely says go ahead, buy that new ski jacket on Black Friday. As a behavioral economist at Duke University, he's studied how people can successfully indulge one day, and then resume normal spending practices for the rest of the… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch 8:20 Were pilgrims America’s original economic migrants? By PBS News Hour Four hundred years ago, a group of pilgrims founded a colony in Plymouth. But what did they hope to accomplish there, how did they live? Economics correspondent Paul Solman jumps back in time to interview some of these early settlers… Continue watching
Nov 26 What you didn’t know about the pilgrims: They had massive debt By Ruth A. McIntyre About 70 investors, known as merchant “adventurers,” pooled together capital and funded the pilgrims' passage. They expected, of course, a return on their investment. Continue reading