By Rosemarie Emanuele. The economic structure of a “tournament” seeks to bring the best effort out of participants by offering a discrepancy between the reward from winning and the penalty of losing. Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. I was thrilled when I taught out of a recent edition of a Principles of Economics text book last semester and discovered that the definition of “productivity” had been changed to “output per person hour.” Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I teach modular arithmetic, I often begin by using the example of a clock. Whether the hands of a clock go around thirteen hours or only one hour, they end up at the same place. Read more...

By Laura Tropp. I know I should be more sympathetic, but that interview this past week with the male professor participating in a televised BBC interview about South Korea when his two toddlers barge in made me laugh out loud. Read more...

By Laura Tropp. This is the time of year that black heroes become a bit more visible. For example, the television network Nickelodeon is working with the initiative Because of Them, We Can to broadcast a series of PSAs designed to feature children emulating African-American heroes. Read more...

By Elizabeth Coffman. During the last few weeks we’ve seen a lot of anxiety expressed in the streets, in airports, and town halls—over immigration rights, the Affordable Care Act, the Dakota Access Pipeline. Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. In economics, education and training that will help someone obtain a job is called “human capital investment.” For example, going to college is seen as being very similar to what happens when a firm invests in new machinery, as both investments can lead to increased output in the future. Read more...