Because economics is all about optimising, doing the best you can with what you have - it's usually the first place you should look for answers if yo….

One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing..

All's fair in love and purchasing..

As people do a task, they improve at it..

In short, humans are programmed to get bored..

Economists typically think that your happiness goes up as you get more money, but the more you have, the less each additional dollar matters. This me….

The most active period of the witchcraft trials coincides with a period of lower than average temperature known to climatologists as the "little ice ….

Education campaigns ... may not be enough, at least not alone. If people have no incentive to avoid AIDS on their own, even if they know everything a….

Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for ….

Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage..

Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do..

You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy..

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one..

Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you tr….

Talking to women about birth can be polarizing..

No one likes doing chores. In happiness surveys, housework is ranked down there with commuting as activities that people enjoy the least. Maybe that'….

There is some risk to increase birth defects if you do a lot of outdoor gardening when you are pregnant. That can increase rates of toxoplasmosis..

I think we've moved to thinking of parenting and pregnancy as something in which you should lose yourself..

For many women - myself included - pregnancy brings on tremendous anxiety and confusion, along with the joy..

Good household decision-making often relies on thinking about your household like a firm..

The key to good decision making is evaluating the available information - the data - and combining it with your own estimates of pluses and minuses. ….