Bagel Danger
Americans ate an estimated 3 billion bagels at home last year, an average of about 11 per person (this doesn’t include bagels eaten at work, where a not-completely-insignificant number are delivered by bagel economist Paul Feldman). And in the course of slicing up all those bagels, 1,979 people cut their fingers so badly that they ended up in an emergency room. Read More »
Bring Your Questions for N.F.L. Players Union Executive George Atallah
Bring your questions for George Atallah, and follow him on Twitter at @gatallah. Read More »
A New Car or Ten Thousand Lattes?
At Big Think, Dan Ariely discusses ways to think about money so you splurge less — like equating expensive wine with gallons of milk and making paying hurt a little more. Read More »
Why Don't Reputations and Salaries Rise Together?
Our new study poses a conundrum: in a professional market (for economists), having more scholars pay attention to your research raises your reputation and your salary. Conditional on that attention, though, writing more papers lowers your reputation — but it raises your salary! Read More »
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