Thinking on the Margin

This is a week late, but here is a little info on Richard Thaler who won the Nobel Prize in Economics last week for his work in behavioral...

Max Roser on why we have much to be optimistic about last year .  There is a strong negativity bias in the news reported by the media and...

I'm currently down in Panama to investigate bringing students down here over spring break next semester for my Economics of Poverty cla...

Nobel Prize winning economist Gary Becker has passed away . My dissertation drew heavily from his work on the economics of marriage and on...

A few of the things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving: Faith -- I'm incredibly thankful for my Christian faith. It shapes the c...

Traveled eight days in Maui without using an overhead bin on the way out or back.  My GORUCK GR1 fit under the seat in front of me both ways...

Another fantastic video by Hans Rosling , showing the incredible decrease in child-mortality around the world in the last 50 years. Along th...

Related: What 10 things should you do every day to improve your life? The four habits that form habits. (HT Eric Barker )

It helps ensure the investment of fathers in the context of paternal uncertainty: Fathers are therefore expected to invest more heavily...