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Does Privatizing Retail Alcohol Sales Increase or Decrease Consumption?
If you’ve ever bought alcohol in Pennsylvania, you know what a weird, controlled system it has. As 1 of 19 “alcoholic beverage control” states in the U.S., Pennsylvania has some of the more strict, if...
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Why You’re More Likely to Die After Getting Paid
(iStockphoto) Last year, Notre Dame economist William Evans, along with Timothy Moore from the University of Maryland, documented that mortality rates spike by almost one percent on the first day of...
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Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You’re Driving?
For about $20 you can announce your environmental bona fides with a canvas tote that says "I'm not a plastic bag." (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Remember when keeping up with the Joneses meant buying a...
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What’s the Best Way to Measure Poverty: Income or Consumption?
Creatas Yesterday we learned that 15.1% of Americans were living in poverty in 2010, the highest level since 1993, and up nearly 1 percentage point from 2009, when it was 14.3%. That data is based on...
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Bring Your Questions for Brandwashed Author Martin Lindstrom
Though the exact percentage is debatable, the fact is that the vast majority of U.S. GDP is made up of personal consumption. The American consumer doesn’t just drive the U.S. economy, for decades he’s...
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Martin Lindstrom Answers Your Questions on Brandwashed
Last week, we solicited your questions for Martin Lindstrom, a marketing consultant and author of the new book Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy. Now,...
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Show and Yell: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
Season 2, Episode 2 Soccer fans in Sydney, Australia react after hear its 2022 World Cup Soccer bid was award to Qatar. (Photo: KRYSTLE WRIGHT/AFP/Getty Images) We have just released a series of five...
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