The case for paying college athletes

September 18, 2019

The AEA interviews Allen Sanderson and John Siegfried about why they believe the NCAA's current model is broken.

Scientific progress one funeral at a time

September 13, 2019

What happens to a research field when it loses its leader?

Newspapers and doing more with less

September 9, 2019

This video looks at how French dailies responded when commercial TV posed competition for ad revenue.

Breaching the Great Firewall

September 4, 2019

What has censorship done to the Chinese public’s demand for politically sensitive news?

"The curse of bigness"

August 30, 2019

The AEA interviews Naomi Lamoreaux about the history of Americans' response to dominant companies.

Lengthy copyrights and orphaned books

August 26, 2019

How much do copyrights affect readers?

Passing the buck

August 21, 2019

Who pays for a raise in the minimum wage and how does it affect job growth?

A cash and employment conundrum

August 16, 2019

Why do cash-rich companies hire fewer workers?

Why did productivity drop after the Great Recession?

August 12, 2019

Was it just bad luck, or was there something about how businesses responded that drove the slowdown?

Casting a wider tax net

August 7, 2019

A threat paired with insights from behavioral economics can help ensure companies pay their taxes.