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The coronavirus recession only lasted 2 months, the shortest downturn in US history
The National Bureau of Economic Research found the recession only lasted from February 2020 to Apri…
Madison Hoff
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These Charts Show What We're Not Doing Because We're Online All The Time
Across all Americans, the time spent online for leisure, which includes everything from social medi…
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How To Know When Your Boss Or Company Is Hiding Something
The authors focus on the governance and disclosure of companies accused of being part of price-…
Max Nisen
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It's official: The US fell into recession in February, according to the central economic authority
The sudden economic downturn marked the end of the record 128-month expansion that began in June 20…
Carmen Reinicke
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These Charts Show Just How Bad Things Are For Bookstores
That's where Amazon has the biggest advantage. Things like one click ordering, Amazon Prime, price …
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Managers who went to business school are better at cutting pay than boosting sales, new study shows
In both Denmark and the United States, managers with business degrees weren't found to be more prod…
Jason Lalljee
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Here's The Startling Degree To Which Your Parents Determine Your Success
Let's start with income. Not surprisingly, the amount of money people make is strongly predicted by…
Alison Griswold
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2 reasons why the NBER won't declare that the economy is officially in a recession
"The economy is not in the jaws of a recession," Raymond James chief investment officer Larry Adams…
Matthew Fox
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Here's How The Internet Is Stealing The Time You Would Be Spending On Other Things
Wallsten analyzes data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which follows 13,000 Americans for…
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A surprising number of big cites are located by river rapids
Economists Hoyt Bleakley and Jeffrey Lin call this evidence of path dependence: settlements that ha…
Gus Lubin
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Younger generations might not have to worry about recessions as much as their elders. It would be great news for their job security and stock portfolios.
Data from NBER shows a promising trend: Recessions have become less common in the US.
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Kids Are Smoking Because They Think They're Fat
"Under reasonable assumptions, the demand for cigarettes is less price elastic among those who smok…
Sam Ro
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GRAPH: Medicaid Cost Growth Is Way Less Than Medicare And Private Insurance
A new NBER working paper by Amitabh Chandra, Jonathan Holmes and Jonathan Skinner looks at health c…
Danny Vinik
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Female Education Has Completely Changed Marriage In America
Women are more educated than ever before, earning more college degrees than men annually. They're a…
Aimee Groth
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Here's Proof That America Has The Best-Managed Companies In The World
The four economists behind the study - Nicholas Bloom of Stanford, Christos Genakos of the Athens U…
Alison Griswold
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Stocks have been a better investment than real estate since the 1950s — and it's one big reason for the racial wealth gap
White Americans put more of their wealth in the stock market. It's appreciated five times more than…
Jason Lalljee,Madison Hoff
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Parents On Welfare Are Bequeathing A Culture Of Welfare Unto Their Children
The researcher also found that when parents are on welfare, the probability of the child working or…
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Popular ADHD Study Drugs Don't Actually Boost Grades
Increasing drug use was associated with increased unhappiness, worse relationships with parents, in…
Max Nisen
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New Study Has Some Great News For People Who Were Unpopular In High School
In an NBER working paper, Yale's Jason Fletcher reexamined the effect of high school popularity on …
Max Nisen
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A Mix Of New US Regulations Has Made Way For A Massive Shadow Insurance Industry
The study finds that shadow insurance as a practice has boomed in the last decade due to a strange …