Managerial Econ

Economic Analysis of Business Practice

Friday, January 30, 2026

Border Security Type I and Type II Errors

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One way of looking at the a policy of increased ICE enforcement of US border security is as a debate over decision error costs. The expresse...
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Friday, January 16, 2026

What caused the jump in US residential energy prices?

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The opportunity cost of US natural gas rose.     Andy Masley Substack : ...Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe stopped buying Russian gas, Americ...
Monday, January 12, 2026

A functional organization helps Apple innovate

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  HBR :  SUMMARY: THE CHALLENGE: Major companies competing in many industries struggle to stay abreast of rapidly changing technologies.   O...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Supply and Demand for Data Centers

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A recent Visual Capitalist Info-graphic  displays a fair amount of agglomeration of data centers. Not only does Virginia (!) lead, but many ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

VPPs Change the Scale of Energy Production

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  Advances in Virtual Power Plants ( VPPs ) illustrate how changes in Minimum Efficient Scale (MES) can reshape industry structure. Tradit...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Why is the Venezuelan stock market up over 100% following US hostilities?

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Students for Liberty : Under Maduro's "socialism of the 21st century," ... Venezuelans resorted to eating dogs and scavenging ...
Monday, December 15, 2025

A tale of two cities and rent control

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WSJ:  What the Twin Cities Tell Us About Fixing the Housing Crisis The Natural Experiment: In 2022, St. Paul enacted one of the strictest r...

President Trump vs. Economists on Tariff Predictions

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WSJ: Why Everyone Got Trump’s Tariffs Wrong   Economists were right that Tariffs would push up inflation (it went up slightly) and have li...

European Pensions are in bad shape

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Economist :   Europe’s fastest-ageing countries also already offer some of the most generous pensions and lowest retirement ages. The aver...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Arbitrage Fueled by Data Analytics

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Reuters reports  that Williams-Sonoma recently sued "dupe" producer,  Quince , for an unfair comparison. Dupe producers include on...
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