Truck Driving by the Numbers: A Quick Look at the Business
There are 3.4 million truckers in the United States, and only 5.8 percent of them are women.
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There’s a Name for the Material Things You Desire Even More After Their Price Goes Up
And they're called Veblen goods.
The Ticking Tax Bomb Inside President’s Obama’s Favorite Loan Re-Payment Program
Income-based student loan re-payment probably shouldn’t include a burdensome tax. But it does.
The Possible Positives of Work/Life Imbalance
Re-read this next time you're still behind your desk at 8 p.m.
Is the Future of the Sharing Economy Small-Scale?
It could be, if companies like Uber become platform providers more than the services themselves.
The Knicks Won. Let’s Gamble!
Researchers link risky choices to unexpectedly positive circumstances, like sports wins and sunny days.
International Trade Hurts the World’s Poor (With Nitrogen)
A study links developing countries' demand for imported food and clothing to nitrogen compounds that disproportionately harm the world's poor, including some right here in the United States.
The Inexact (But Crucial!) Science of Climate Economics
Even the best economic climate models differ wildly. Here’s why we need them anyway.