Everything Is Money: Does It Matter What Form Our Currency Takes?
The primary goal of money is to connect disparate individuals and groups, giving them a universal medium of exchange in the form of an object or symbol that all parties value.
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The Economics of Illegal Ivory
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says destroying ivory can reduce supply and demand at same time.
Hiring a Hit Man Seems Like a Bad Idea
Contract killing doesn’t pay, for either side of the equation.
What’s the Economic Value of an Arts Education?
While it's not perfectly tangible, the financial value of a degree in the humanities certainly exists.
Bike Lanes in Gomorrah
Armed with happiness studies, a new book makes a hedonistic case for virtuous urbanism.
Hints of Sex Spur Economic Risk-Taking for Women, Too
New research suggests women, like men, make less-prudent financial decisions when they have sex on the mind.
This Government Shutdown Won’t Be Our Last
Get used to government shutdowns. Serious budget problems are a common feature of large states in decline.