Economics
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Hollywood executives assumed Americans had better things to do during the summer than watch movies until the success of Jaws proved otherwise.
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Are standing room only airline tickets the future of flying?
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R.I.P. print. The Onion successfully made the jump to digital.
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Do couples that live together first fare better once married? Answering that question by the numbers gets tricky.
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Academia’s “publish or perish” culture incentivizes deceptive research practices.
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With all due respect to artistic integrity, if the only obstacle between the average starving artist and a platinum album was his artistic sensibilities, all music would sound exactly the same.
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The success of the nation's nerdiest college football team suggests that academic standards need not hold you back. Especially when you can ask those rich nerds for donations.
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How much does an ambulance ride cost? It could be $20, $200 or $2000, and the charge is largely out of your control.
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Self-publishing is on the rise. Ebooks sales are exploding. Authors have more options than ever. Is making money still one of them?
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In 1920, the 18th Amendment banned the sale and transport of alcohol in America. Sobriety did not follow.
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