Managerial Econ

In Zambia, at least, the answer is yes, when the topic is contraception . When women are given access to contraception alone (without thei...

The answer comes from Japan , where the elderly become eligible for significantly lower cost sharing when they turn 70 (co-payment rates go...

Auctions create wealth by identifying the highest valued use for an asset, and setting a price for it.  However, this wealth creating activi...

The gap between the return on US Federal government debt, called "Treasuries" (yielding 2.61%), and those of riskier European gove...

We have blogged extensively about the way that mayors, including Nashville's, promise big pensions to city unions, and then hide the co...

Lenddo  has a new (old?) twist on making small unsecured loans. When you apply, you must provide your online social networking site inform...

Volatility (measured by VIX) is at an all time low, the stock market at an all time high.  VIX measures the volatility implicit in the fut...

The Veterans Administration managers are rewarded for short wait times for patients.  What the Inspector General discovered is that VA m...

All the countries, save Germany (which is doing well because the currency union keeps its exports cheap) have elected anti-EU candidates. T...

Glenn Roynolds, author of the popular instapundit blog thinks higher education, and college in particular, shares characteristics of an a...