Euphemisms for China
We’ve all done it. You’ve been introduced to someone, but forget his or her name. And so you spend the rest of the conversation studiously avoiding needing to refer to your new friend by name. Well, as far as I can gather, the same thing happened on Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. He gave a talk at Brookings that was all about China, but if you didn’t know better, you could be forgiven for thinking he had forgotten her name. Read More »
How Cities Adapt: A Q&A With Climatopolis Author Matthew Kahn
There are plenty of dire predictions about what will happen to our cities if the worst predictions about global warming were to come true: flooding, droughts, famine, chaos and massive death. But Matthew Kahn, an economist at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, sees a different future. He tells that story in his new book Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future. Read More »
The Menstrual Theory of Impulse Buying
Recent research on willpower suggests that it’s a limited resource that can be depleted. Now there’s evidence that something else affects willpower: women’s menstrual cycles. Read More »
And the Winner is…
While speculation is rising about just who will win this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics (to be announced on Monday), it’s probably worth pointing out that the far more important Ig Nobel Prizes for the year have already been announced. Read More »
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