ECONOMICS

Split Your Restaurant Bill According to the Wage Gap With This App

A satirical app makes the differences in earnings between white men and everyone else evident at the dinner table.

The Best (and Worst) Cities For Job Growth

The top and bottom ten metro cities in terms of job creation.

What's the Exchange Rate Between Harry Potter Coins and Muggle Money?

Someone analyzed the worth of wizard money—and it really puts Harry's wealth into perspective.

The Average American Lives 18 Miles From Their Mom

When kids in America fly the coop, they don’t go very far.

This New York Times Meal Planner Will Help You Create The Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner

Whether you’re nervously planning your first Thanksgiving dinner, or a veteran chef of delicious turkey feasts, The New York Times wants to help you plan the perfect meal this Thanksgiving.

'Nub City': Vernon, Florida's Decade-Long Insurance Scam

The town conned insurance companies out of millions in the 1950s. It only cost an arm and a leg (or dozens).

Pride and Prejudice (1940), screenshot via YouTube

Would Mr. Darcy Be Rich Today?

Probably not rich enough to run a stately home.

Male Testosterone Can Be Bad for the Economy

Increased hormone levels make male stock traders more likely to take risks with their investments, a new study finds.

The Pizza Principle: New York's Weirdest Economic Theory

Wondering what you can get for the exact cost of a New York pizza slice? Look no further.

20 Short Films About Economics

What 10 Everyday Situations Cost the Economy

What happens when you consider the larger cost of everyday annoyances? Statistics!

14 Wonderful Vintage Canadian Propaganda Posters

In honor of the Canadian men and women who bravely served during WWI, here are 14 fantastic wartime propaganda posters.

That Other Time Someone Tried to Get the British to Eat Horses

There’s an ongoing problem in the UK and continental Europe where food products labeled as containing beef actually turn out to have surprise horse meat in it. If history had played out a little differently, this wouldn’t be a scandal, and Brits eating ho

Crime Doesn't Pay (Well): The Economics of Bank Robberies

Hollywood always makes bank robberies look so easy (with some notable exceptions). You do a little planning, throw on a Richard Nixon mask, you’re in and out in a few minutes and then you can live the rest of your life in luxury in some tropical paradise

Why is the Retirement Age 65?

In the early 1880s, Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck of Germany had a problem. Marxist unrest was spreading across Europe and some of his own countrymen were calling for socialist reforms. To take the wind out of their sails and stave off more radical policie

Why Is the Mob Often Tied to the Garbage Industry?

I know I’m only about a decade late, but I recently, finally, watched the entire run of The Sopranos. Tony and his crew get their hands into plenty of different moneymaking schemes, but throughout the series one character or another (Tony, Richie Aprile,