That is the site address for a new blog on feminism and economics.  Allison, the blogger, points us to a YouTube channel on feminist economics. Here is Allison's...

Ethiopia doesn't have the world's most sterling reputation. Many people think of "famine" and "drought" when the country's name is mentioned. But the Ethiopians are...

Here you will find regular updates on prediction markets, with the blog-like news function here.  You'll see there that the CFTC is requesting public comments on how...

Karthik writes that India is not shining for him. He tells us not to forget the agricultural sector. Many of us (including me) work in the IT sector. Like other private...

It’s regularly stated that the size of the average (new) American home has doubled since 1950, and implied that this increase has continued fairly steadily over the...

The subject of copyright is always high in photographers' minds, especially in light of Orphan Works legislation & rampant image "borrowing" online. Consequently there's...

Societyhttp://www.springer.com/social+sciences/sociology/journal/12115http://springerlink.com/content/103513/The international periodical of record in social science and...

My story is about a world where...GDP growth yields fewer poor people who respond to higher wheat prices by purchasing less meat or wheat, i.e. we have less of a shock...

NYTimes.com DealBook | PaidContent.org The deal comes just as CNET Networks was trying to fend off activist investors seeking to take control of its board of directors....

A parking lot now sits where a museum once stood, a parkway runs through what used to be homes and churches, and Niagara Falls is no longer the city of honeymooners and...

Slowly but surely, the contractionary/deflationary tide is rolling in. Rich and poor, male and female, young and old -- no matter which segment of the population you are...

Paul Krugman writes (and here):The only way speculation can have a persistent effect on oil prices, then, is if it leads to physical hoarding — an increase in private...

AdultVest, Inc., the Beverly Hills-based investment bank, which concentrates its practice exclusively on adult industry investments, mergers, and acquisitions, announced...

The storm ravaged the city’s architecture and infrastructure, took hundreds of lives, exiled hundreds of thousands of residents. But it also destroyed, or enabled the...

Researchers at the Wharton School of Business claim to have shown that playing fair with customers and suppliers, and being transparent about who gets what out of any...

Occasionally I toy with the idea of creating a Get Rich Slowly podcast. (A podcast is like a short internet-based radio program. Think of it as an “audio...

In December, the Fed had $775B worth of Treasury securities. That stock will soon have dwindled to $300B, give or take. The difference, about $475B, represents an...

"The IPL shows it is time to liberalise cricket,” wrote my friend Barun Mitra of Liberty Institute in a recent email, and the thought is echoed by Neelakantan of...

Thomas Sowell explains why gas prices are going up. It's simple economics - increased demand. But such an explanation doesn't help politicians who feel that it is...

They destroyed the paddle. Schitt creek* is coming up Growth in industrial production fell to 3%, the lowest in six years, indicating that bad times might be ahead....