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The Content Marketing Handbook
Dec. 9, 2015 · 32,130 views
A 30,000+ word blog post about how to write about information and make it spread. And something new from us: The Priceonomics Data Studio. Read More »
Jan. 11, 2016 · 4,801 views
In 1960, Connie Converse gave up music for good. In 1974, she disappeared and nobody ever heard from her again. And in 2009, her first album debuted.
Jan. 8, 2016 · 26,295 views
Credit cards were an amazing invention—in the 1950s. But today they are an outdated technology that cost us serious money.
Jan. 7, 2016 · 56,580 views
Every time Disney’s beloved mouse is about to enter the public domain, U.S. copyright law magically changes. Does he deserve special protection, or should he be relinquished to society?
Jan. 6, 2016 · 959 views
The research of William Cleveland gave data visualization its scientific foundation. Modern visualizers owe him a great debt.
Jan. 6, 2016 · 4,247 views
How SpaceX and other companies make it possible to send human remains into the cosmos.
Jan. 5, 2016 · 9,973 views
We explore the ways in which people in their twenties are using their time differently than a decade ago. The internet looms large.
Jan. 4, 2016 · 2,631 views
China's government is famous for organizing the kind of large-scale change that few governments could. Why can't they clear the air?
Dec. 31, 2015 · 2,415 views
You know that dog at the park that is obsessed with playing fetch? She has the perfect personality for bomb detection—an industry that has boomed since 9/11.
Dec. 29, 2015 · 452 views
Get realtime notifications in Slack for inbound links, traffic, and social sharing generated by your content marketing.
Dec. 29, 2015 · 7,113 views
The checked bag fees charged by airlines are a good deal compared to the cost of shipping a package. But they make no sense.
Dec. 29, 2015 · 9,700 views
A typo in a 1631 version of the King James Bible implored its readers to commit acts of adultery — and for this gaff, its editors paid the ultimate price.
Dec. 23, 2015 · 1,761 views
We explore the rise to ubiquity of America's number one holiday song.
Dec. 23, 2015 · 3,344 views
The task of unlocking the secret alter-egos of words, paragraphs and poetry.
Dec. 22, 2015 · 19,114 views
In its heyday, the KKK made a ton of money off of membership fees, and by aggressively selling robes, memorabilia, candy, and life insurance to its own members.
Dec. 21, 2015 · 10,866 views
Every winter young people across North America fly to NYC to live on the sidewalks and sell Christmas trees. Why? Adventure! And money. Lots of money.
Dec. 18, 2015 · 228,256 views
What happens when your corporate mascot becomes masturbation fodder?
Dec. 18, 2015 · 337 views
Instructions for setting up your Priceonomics Content Tracker Account.
Dec. 18, 2015 · 24,702 views
Possibly because your boss is an idiot.
Dec. 17, 2015 · 1,658 views
We analyze the female dominance of volunteerism in America.
Dec. 16, 2015 · 1,128 views
The father of the computer decided he's had enough of all the racket in Victorian London.
Dec. 15, 2015 · 9,080 views
The inventors of the Black-Scholes Formula won a Nobel Prize for risk-management. Then their hedge fund needed a bailout.
Dec. 15, 2015 · 17,906 views
Cindy Gallop wants to disrupt the only industry Silicon Valley won't touch: sex.
Dec. 14, 2015 · 45,339 views
Auto-Tune — one of modern history’s most reviled inventions — was an act of mathematical genius.
Dec. 11, 2015 · 16,219 views
The story of how the early 20th Century brewmaster William T. Gosset, the "Student" of the Student's t-test, transformed statistics and manufacturing.
Dec. 11, 2015 · 1,434 views
The history of literature looks wildly different -- and perhaps more accurate -- through the eyes of a machine.




