Get the Think newsletter.SUBSCRIBEMarch 24, 2019, 3:57 PM GMTBy Ani BundelEven the best creators can have a hard time knowing when to stop. The sequel trap has tripped up many a beloved series, written and…
Joe Newhouse’s Failure of Omission, by David Henderson
In his excellent analysis of health care costs, Alex Tabarrok refers to a widely touted finding by health economist Joseph P. Newhouse that the main driver of increases in health care costs has been increased…
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty:…
By Hubert Horan, who has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial links with any urban car service industry competitors, investors or regulators, or…
Hubert Horan: Will the “Train Wreck” Uber/Lyft IPOs…
By Hubert Horan, who has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial links with any urban car service industry competitors, investors or regulators, or…
The procyclicality of banking in the euro area
Banks set aside loan loss provisions in anticipation of future loan losses. Loan loss provisions enter the bank’s income statement as expenses, and hence reduce bank profits and bank capital. As banks are subject to…
McArdle’s Confusion About Costs of Inputs, by David…
One of the best economic journalists in the United States is Megan McArdle of the Washington Post. That makes her error in a recent WaPo article all the more striking. Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek…
Bankruptcy: An Option for Taxi Drivers Crushed by…
By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. The New York Times published a two-part series on Monday on predatory…
Spring breakers foil would-be armed robbers at Florida…
CLOSE Four Indiana men on spring break in got the drop on two men who tried to rob them at gunpoint at a gas station in Oakland Park, Florida. Wochit, Broward County (Florida) Sheriff's OfficeIt…
Apple goes big on premium services: Apple TV+…
CLOSE Even if you cut the cord with Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go and others all vying for your dollars, it can feel like death by 1,000 video subscriptions. Buzz60Tim Cook hopes there’s no business like…