The economic mysteries of daily life.

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• We're Watching You, Slacker Do hardworking employees make their lazy colleagues more productive?
  Tim Harford Dec. 23, 2006
  
• The Not-So-Dismal Science How economists measure whether you're happy.
  Tim Harford Dec. 9, 2006
  
• I Want It Now! The curious economics of temptation.
  Tim Harford Nov. 25, 2006
  
• My Boss Is 65 and Pregnant How fertility advances could allow women to take over the boardroom.
  Tim Harford Nov. 11, 2006
  
• EST. CST. MST. PST. NOT! Would the United States be better off with only one time zone?
  Tim Harford Oct. 28, 2006
  
• Charity Is Selfish The economic case against philanthropy.
  Tim Harford Oct. 10, 2006
  
• When Moms Work, Kids Get Fat An incendiary new explanation for childhood obesity.
  Tim Harford Sept. 30, 2006
  
• A Marriage of Convenience How matrimony is alarmingly like coal mining.
  Tim Harford Sept. 16, 2006
  
• A Cock-and-Bull Story Explaining the huge rise in teen oral sex.
  Tim Harford Sept. 2, 2006
  
• The Preservation Paradox Why conservation laws can kill the animals they're supposed to protect.
  Tim Harford Aug. 19, 2006
  
• Hezbollah and the Prisoner's Dilemma Can game theory solve the Israel-Lebanon war?
  Tim Harford Aug. 3, 2006
  
• The Chocolate War Can schools successfully ban candy? An economist doubts it.
  Tim Harford July 22, 2006
  
• The Case of the Unpaid Parking Ticket Why some people cheat, and others don't.
  Tim Harford July 8, 2006
  
• World Cup Game Theory What economics tells us about penalty kicks.
  Tim Harford June 24, 2006
  
• Buy! Buy! Buy! Sell! Sell! Sell! The rational explanation for stock market frenzies and crashes.
  Tim Harford June 10, 2006
  
• The $10,000 Light Bulb … Or, why it's so hard to measure inflation.
  Tim Harford May 27, 2006
  
• Risky Business Should you ever buy rental car insurance?
  Tim Harford May 13, 2006
  
• If Life Gives You Lemons … Why you can never buy a decent used car.
  Tim Harford April 29, 2006
  
• Confusion Pricing Why cell-phone plans are so hard to understand.
  Tim Harford April 15, 2006
  
• There's Not Enough Money in Politics Lobbyists spend $2 billion a year to influence Congress. Why so little?
  Tim Harford April 1, 2006
  
• Fire Grandpa! Hire Junior! Why older workers are paid way too much, and younger workers way too little.
  Tim Harford March 18, 2006
  
• Why New Orleans Won't Recover An economic explanation based on the Chicago Fire, the Kobe earthquake, and my CD collection.
  Tim Harford March 4, 2006
  
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do The economic case for polygamy.
  Tim Harford Feb. 18, 2006
  
• Who's the Greatest Artist of the 20th Century? This economist has figured out the answer.
  Tim Harford Feb. 4, 2006
  
• The Mystery of the Rude Waiter Why my favorite restaurant employs such a churlish lout.
  Tim Harford Jan. 21, 2006