Economic Way of Thinking

When paying someone else to do it can make financial sense.

LANSING — Six weeks ago, a quadriplegic Eaton County woman entered a Sparrow Hospital bed in a bid to get her auto insurance company to resume paying for the at-home care she's had for more than a decade.Six weeks later, she's still there and still waiting.The insurer, Lansing-based Auto…

The U.S. birth rate has fallen by 20% since 2007. If sustained, this could impact economic growth, productivity, and social insurance programs down the line.

"Many more are moving towards" Ukraine's borders, the UN refugee agency said.

Declining battery costs are making electric vehicle prices more competitve. By 2023, EV prices could be on par with similar gas-powered vehicles.

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

Eileen Gu is laughing all the way to the bank after her decision to represent China at the Winter Olympics. Read more here.

What values are the most influential in the world? Across 500,000 surveys in 152 languages, we visualize a rich dataset of human motivations.

Coupon code can be used towards customers’ next order if they pick up their pizza from the stores

Spotify must decide where it stands on race relations and vaccine misinformation in a society with heightened sensitivity to both issues.

The pizza chain is backed into a takeout corner.

An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.

Former Browns coach Hue Jackson said Wednesday on ESPN's SportsCenter that the Browns had a "four-year plan" that incentivized losing during the first two years which led to his 1-31 record during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Jet's Pizza will start cutting its small and large pizzas into bigger slices, and will increase the size of its Jet's Boats and Deli Boats.

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

If you have ever been issued a speeding ticket, you probably grumbled about the government using you as a piggy bank. In our new research...

The CCEE team partnered with @thegriotb of Schoolyard Rap to create our very own music video about how we are each our own greatest resource–or in other words, human capital! Check it out and share if you also agree that we hold the keys to investing in our own potential! #edchat https://t.co/4e8475WLlh

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

Child-development researchers are asking whether the pandemic is shaping brains and behaviour.

Young developers on the platform used by many millions of children claim they have been financially exploited, threatened with dismissal and sexually harassed

Look no further than Novak Djokovic, whose career is on the verge of being derailed because he is unvaxed.

(Cross-posted from my blog) The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1. If you want to find out about people’s opinions on a product, google product reddit. You’ll get real people arguing, as compared to the SEO’d Google results. 2. Some banks charge you $20 a month for an account, others charge you 0. If you’re with one of the former, have a good explanation for what those $20 are buying. 3. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in. 4. “Where is the good knife?” If you’re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out. 5. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking. 6. Establish clear rules about when to throw out old junk. Once clear rules are established, junk will probably cease to be a problem. This is because any rule would be superior to our implicit rules (“keep this broken stereo for five years in case I learn how to fix it”). 7. Don’t buy CDs for people. They have Spotify. Buy them merch from a band they like instead. It’s more personal and the band gets more money. 8. When buying things, time and money trade-off against each other. If you’re low on money, take more time to find deals. If you’re low on time, stop looking for great deals and just buy things quickly online. Cooking 9. Steeping minutes: Green at 3, black at 4, herbal at 5. Good tea is that simple! 10. Food actually can be both cheap, healthy, tasty, and relatively quick to prepare. All it requires is a few hours one day to prepare many meals for the week. 11. Cooking pollutes the air. Opening windows for a few minutes after cooking can dramatically improve air quality. 12. Food taste can be made much more exciting through simple seasoning. It’s also an opportunity for expression. Buy a few herbs and spi

No wonder Albert Einstein labeled compound interest the “eighth wonder of the world.”

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United Van Lines 45th Annual National Movers Study tracks customers' migration patterns over the past year. See the study, interactive map and press kit.

The fascinating history behind why students today are still eating square pizzas, crinkle fries, and cartons of milk.

Let Kelley Blue Book help you understand a car's 5-year cost to own beyond its purchase price when you consider out-of-pocket expenses like fuel and insurance, plus the car's loss in value over time (depreciation).