What Can Economists Tell Us About Teenage Sexual Mores?
One point of our upcoming podcast is that economists — academic economists in particular — are generally free from the political and moral boundaries that restrict most people, and are therefore able to offer analysis or recommendations that politicians, e.g., wouldn’t go near with a ten-foot pole. Read More »
For Self-Control, Try a Dog Biscuit?
New research indicates that dogs and humans have some things in common in the willpower department. Read More »
Wagner for Baby
Scottish Opera will soon launch Baby O, a series of concerts for infants. Read More »
Computers Help Children Learn Computer Skills, But What Else?
There’s a new working paper (summary here; PDF here) from Ofer Malamud and Cristian Pop-Eleches called “Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital.” Read More »
