Higher Wages Lower Crime

This may sound like a Duh! moment, but the data are finally available. Raising the minimum wage decreases crime. When Continue reading →

Air Rage From Visible Inequality

Airplanes emphasize inequality. Flights where coach class passengers board by walking through first class have 3.84 times higher rates of Continue reading →

April US Jobs Report

The good news: The US economy added 160,000 jobs in April. The bad news: Economists expected 202,000, which was already Continue reading →

Growing Human Embryos

We were all embryos, once; but we were all grown inside wombs. Researchers have now grown embryos in a lab. Continue reading →

Urbanization Reverses

As urbanization increased, cities became more expensive. While some saw the trend as unending, and as a possible positive for Continue reading →

Unemployed By Automation

The phrase “Robots are coming to take our jobs” is an over-simplification. Some jobs will be more vulnerable than others. Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2016

Over 50 million Americans live in zip codes with over 55% unemployment. Only 11% of Americans, 4% of Europeans, and Continue reading →

Self Driving Golf Carts

Grandiose ideas for self-driving cars, buses, and trucks are progressing; but a simpler approach may get there first: self-driving golf Continue reading →