Bohanon and Horowitz: March Madness brackets have the best returns
State-sanctioned gambling is a significant source of state tax revenue.
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Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Lebanon shows us how to weather a banking crisis
Even with these hardships, the Lebanese people are resilient.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Here’s why it’s hard to accurately measure inflation
Inflation is when it becomes more expensive to purchase that bundle of goods.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: A price Americans might be willing to pay in Ukraine
Perhaps the most depressing aspect of the war is, there is no end in sight.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: First comes security, then comes marriage and kids
Only 20% of parents say it is extremely or very important their children get married or have children as adults.
Cecil Bohanon & John Horowitz: Remote work isn’t going away. Downtowns must adapt.
Workers’ greater freedom to choose where to work suggests that downtown Indianapolis’ future depends on its ability to attract people as a place to live more than as a place to work.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: In war, looking at wrong things can bring defeat
If you look at the wrong things, such as how many enemy soldiers are killed, measures such as “cost-effectiveness” can become misleading.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: With virus killing flocks, the price of eggs is right
Egg prices increased nearly 13 times faster than food prices in 2022 because a deadly poultry virus killed over 40 million hens.
Bohanon and Horowitz: When investing, balance opinions of economists, the press
The major differences between economists and non-economists are their assumptions about the goals of individual investors.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: The Fed needs to stay the course to fight inflation
Staying the course is similar to patients continuing their treatment and taking their medications.
Bohanon and Horowitz: The one thing certain about change is that it’s coming
The growth of e-commerce is similar to the growth of mail-order firms in the late 1800s when transportation and mail-delivery improvements made it possible for firms to lower the costs of selling directly to customers.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Lawmakers should focus work on value to taxpayers
If public funds were allocated to another public use or returned to the taxpayer, they would produce jobs in other sectors. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Gift giving is all about relationships, not goods
We love economics, but it is good for economists to get out of our bubble now and then.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Harm reduction is no winner in drug fight
The economics of the illegal markets makes such a war hard to win.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: War powers are a public good that must be scrutinized
We want a military strong enough to defend us, but we also don’t want it to trample on our personal freedom.
Cecil Bohanon & John Horowitz: Yes, printing money during COVID led to inflation
When the Treasury borrows to finance its excess spending, other borrowers cannot borrow those funds to finance their excess spending.
Bohanon and Horowitz: This Thanksgiving, there’s plenty to be grateful for
Anyone willing and able to work can likely find some kind of employment in today’s economy. And that is always good news.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Fewer children partly attributed to pensions
The world population is now growing at the slowest rate since 1950.
Bohanon and Horowitz: Exact economic estimates merit your skepticism
Roberts writes that choosing what job to take, whom to marry, and whether to have children are wild problems. Federal Reserve monetary policy is also a series of wild problems.
Bohanon and Horowitz: Politics can’t be about what’s just right or wrong
When looking at political issues, economists consider alternatives and tradeoffs.