What Everyone Gets Wrong About Sex And Economics
Dating is a barter economy — and neither men nor women have an advantage.
Dating is a barter economy — and neither men nor women have an advantage.
It’s become fashionable to use economics to talk about how the contemporary sexual climate hurts women. But nobody’s talking about how it helps them.
We might never get our flying cars but what about our replicators? And what happens to an economy when scarcity of goods is no longer an issue?
The game industry is hiring a new class of central bankers — but not in time to save Diablo III.
Ostrom, actually a political scientist, won the Nobel Prize in 2009 for her work on how people manage common natural resources like forests. She died Tuesday of cancer in Bloomington, Indiana.
A new study says America’s teen birthrate may be influenced by something that has nothing to do with condoms or sex ed: poverty. Teenagers who feel like they have no shot at economic success may be having kids instead.
Government run by the rich, for the rich?
In the spirit of the holiday shopping season, I bring you the seldom told Gospel of Supply Side Jesus.
A blog and book devoted to conquering marriage/dating with charts and economics. Here are a few of those charts, providing data on everything from winning arguments to multiple orgasms. View List ›
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Using Playboy photos from 1960 to 2000, a new study maps age and physical measurements of Playmates to the socio-economic conditions of the times. This is the only reason to ditch that liberal arts major and become a scientist. Read More ›
The nation’s debt has grown so large that the national debt clock in Manhattan has to be replaced. The clock was put up in 1989 when the US had a $3 trillion debt. But now in 2008, the clock doesn’t have enough spaces to show the $10 trillion debt we’ve reached. Plans are currently being made to solve the problem by next year. The problem with the clock… Read More ›
