Economic Logic

Despite the fact that it happened about 200 years ago, we are still puzzling why the Industrial Revolution happened, why it started in Brita...

When I am thinking about Scotland and the average diet of its residents, I am not thinking about fresh fruit. Indeed, obesity rates there ar...

Why do people volunteer? Obviously it must be because they find some satisfaction in it. But they may be forced to do it (say, by peer press...

Everyone is calling for more students to go for diplomas in the sciences, with the idea that why need research and development to promote gr...

What is the impact of a decrease of house prices on consumption? If you go by the wealth hypothesis, one should see that home owners would r...

For every big sports event, there are two types of economic studies that make the news: the ones about the economic impact, which essentiall...

Non-economists cringe when they hear us talking about investment in children and the quantity/quality trade-off in this regard. Yet, this is...

There is broad agreement that energy, especially polluting energy, is too cheap, calling for higher energy taxes. The problem is that such t...

As someone who has been raised in a non-violent environment, I am often surprised how people in some circles easily resort to vengeance and ...

Breastfeeding is now almost universally promoted as the healthiest way to feed a baby. And indeed, while breastfed babies are a little small...

Immigrants are often held responsible for increased crime rates, or crime in general. As these accusations occur in every country one has to...

Ads for educational institutions or for life insurance, if they feature a child, almost always show a girl. Is it that girls would lead you ...

In macroeconomics, there is a continuing debate on the rigidity of prices. If they are rigid, monetary policy matters, if not one of the key...

How costly can a conflict be? While one can measure the expenses poured into a conflict and the physical destruction that ensued, there are ...

If you are currently in one of the few university departments that are hiring, you are probably getting frustrated by all the hoops you need...

The United Kingdom has often been at the forefront of privatization, and it has taken another step in that direction. Private businesses can...