How Thomas Piketty Explains American Sports
The age limits in the NBA and NFL were both the result of a small, powerful group using that power to fortify its current position. Sound familiar?
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This Mall Is Your Mall, This Mall Is My Mall
The psychological difference between shopping with a friend and shopping with a family member.
Boom & Bust: From Bitcoin to Bike Share, the Biggest Booms and Busts of the Past Year
After a week of reporting and writing on booms and busts—everything from the economy of big oil boomtowns to the growth of the mental-health counseling field—Jamie Wiebe considers five of the biggest booms—and five of the biggest busts—of the past year.
There’s a Name for Why the Winners in an Auction Often Overpay
A phenomenon discovered by oil engineers after they spent too much on tracts of land in the Alaskan tundra also applies to all of those eBay bidding wars you've been participating in.
The Fall of China’s Renminbi
Changing monetary policy in China reminds us that all national currencies are little more than constructions, open to manipulation and wild fluctuation.
Boom & Bust: Inside the Rapidly Expanding World of Subscription Services
Whimseybox, Julep, Wantable, Blue Apron, Glossybox, and many, many more: After the success of Birchbox, the subscription product industry exploded, but how many different products do we need delivered straight to our door? As part of our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe talks to some of the pioneers behind an industry where the business models are shaky and the margins thin.
Boom & Bust: How Big Oil Boomtowns Can Survive—and Thrive—for the Long Term
To kick off our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe looks to North Dakota, currently the fastest-growing state in the union, to see how local planners are preparing for what's widely considered to be an inevitable crash.
Should Giving to Charity Be an Inoculation Against Criticism?
With charitable giving and profits so intertwined, the latter can't be ignored when considering the former.
The Work-Play Balance in America vs. the World
We're 16 years from the 15-hour work week envisioned by Keynes, and if anything, we're moving in the opposite direction.
Who Funded That? The Names and Numbers Behind the Research in Our May/June 2014 Print Issue
This list includes studies cited in our pages that received funding from a source other than the researchers’ home institutions. Only principal or corresponding authors are listed.