Thinking at the Margin

The industry-standard, definitive, inarguable guide to ranking and reviewing munching apples. Curated by comedian Brian Frange.

It has huge repercussions on the people and companies who sell those goods....

The wealthy have different houses, different cars, different lifestyles from the rest of us. These days, they also want to breathe different air.

STERLING HEIGHTS — During a Jan. 30 strategic planning session, Sterling Heights city officials were invited to “Think Sterling Green” in fresh new ways, including a plan to start reforesting the city’s tree canopy.

Airlines and planemakers obsess about reducing jet-fuel consumption by constantly finding new ways to reduce aircraft weight. They may have new allies in Ozempic and other similar slimming medications.

Starbucks has 383 billion unique latte combinations.

U.S. adults who routinely say hello to their neighbors have higher wellbeing than those who greet fewer or no neighbors.

Thinking on the margin is one of the most fundamental concepts in economics–and a valuable everyday tool for making optimal decisions. For such an important ...

“ngl it's hard to go back to a single screen once you've used a quad monitor setup”

Journal of Happiness Studies - Using PISA 2018 data from nearly half a million 15-year-olds across 72 middle- and high-income countries, this study investigates the relationship between economic...

There is no $75,000 income happiness threshold, psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Matthew Killingsworth say. For most in the U.S. earning up to $500,000, more money can bring greater satisfaction.

Charles Dickens better say sorry.

We crunched prices from thousands of pizza places around the country. The results convinced us we should never buy a small pizza again.

California has already received twice the average snowfall it normally sees by March, according to researchers at UC Berkeley.

Interaction with friend even just once a day is good for us, KU researcher says

The vast data set collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the creativity from the Flowing Data team on how to display it never cease to amaze. In this time-lapse video, you will see how the activities we enjoy change from the ages of 20-70. Ever wonder if satisfaction with one's main job increases with time OR what activities seem to be enjoyed at any age? Watch the video and find out:  Questions:  What activities seemed to consistently rank high on the happiness scale?

Trees make us happy, according to data, even when we're chopping them down.

There are things that make us happy. There are things where we find meaning in the everyday. What are the things that give us both?

What people are doing when they are happy and not, from age 20 to 70.

‘One size fits all’ guidance could lead to 20m litres of drinking water being wasted each day in UK, scientists say

A Queensland resident who stumbled upon the scene said there were ‘tonnes and tonnes and tonnes of avocados going to waste’.

Has the US au pair program become a funnel for cheap labor?

“If you shop at Walmart, you know how to spend a little less to make life a little better.”

Energy Star, a federal program, suggested that people should keep their homes at 78 degrees,

When I first moved to Dallas, I didn’t rent an apartment. I lived with my friend Kylie’s family. Long-time Dallas natives, they planted roots in one of the nicest, most coveted neighborhoods in Dallas in the mid-1980s – long before the neighborhood had the esteem (and price tag) it has tod

The leaks are not harmful to the penguins, the Zoo director said, and it would be costly to keep the exhibit closed.

The latest release from the General Social Survey shows the toll the pandemic has taken on our mental health

Despite the lives saved, a University of Michigan health economist said the study is not a retroactive endorsement of the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Past research has found that experienced well-being does not increase above incomes of $75,000/y. This finding has been the focus of substantial attention from researchers and the general public, yet is based on a dataset with a measure of experienced well-being that may or may not be indicative of actual emotional experience (retrospective, dichotomous reports). Here, over one million real-time reports of experienced well-being from a large US sample show evidence that experienced well-being rises linearly with log income, with an equally steep slope above $80,000 as below it. This suggests that higher incomes may still have potential to improve people’s day-to-day well-being, rather than having already reached a plateau for many people in wealthy countries. Data aggregated by income level have been deposited in OSF (https://osf.io/nguwz/) ([23][1]). Granular data are stored in a repository and are available to qualified researchers who wish to verify or extend the claims of this paper; contact the author for access information. March 25, 2021: The Data Availability section has been updated. [1]: #ref-23