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26.What We Know, and Don't, About Children and Junk Food (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Cartoon characters and junk food.
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27.Is Chinese Labor Still Cheap? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A forum at The Economist.
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28.American bank results: Surviving, not thriving (www.economist.com)
Banks’ bad debts are shrinking but so too are revenues“PEOPLE may look back at this quarter as essentially the first earnings period of the post-crisis era” for American banks, says Michael Poulos of Oliver Wyman, a consultancy. The c...
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29.Economics focus: Agents of change (www.economist.com)
Conventional economic models failed to foresee the financial crisis. Could agent-based modelling do better?MAINSTREAM economics has always had its dissidents. But the discipline’s failure to predict the financial crisis has made the ground especi...
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30.Burgernomics: When the chips are down (www.economist.com)
The latest Big Mac index suggests the euro is still overvaluedASK Western policymakers how they intend to squeeze growth from their sluggish economies and most pin their hopes on higher exports. That makes exchange rates an especially sensitive topic. ...
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31.Banking and IT: Computer says no (www.economist.com)
Big banks need IT reform almost as badly as regulatory changeWHEN Metro Bank, which claims to be Britain’s first new high-street bank for more than 150 years, opens its first branch on July 29th in inner London, customers will notice the lollipop...
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32.China's financial markets: Premium puzzle (www.economist.com)
Enthusiasm for Chinese companies abroad but not at homeOF THE many oddities surrounding Chinese stockmarkets, the most glaring has long been the premium mainland investors pay for shares listed domestically over what those same shares trade for in Hong...
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33.Buttonwood: Losing confidence (www.economist.com)
Looking at the dollar in the old-fashioned wayWHEN the Bretton Woods system was cracking in the early 1970s the price of a troy ounce of gold, in dollar terms, was raised in two steps from $35 to $42.22. This was, in effect, a devaluation of the dollar...
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34.Finally: a Worthwhile Use for the Salad Spinner (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A salad spinner centrifuge that can diagnose anemia.
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35.Feed Those Traders (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Hunger and risk aversion.
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36.How Social Norms Change (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Social norms in Europe and the U.S.
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37.Is It Dangerous to Drive and Listen to Sports Radio? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Another dangerous driving habit.
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38.How to Maximize Pay-What-You-Wish Pricing (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Combine with a charity appeal.
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39.Is Robotic Surgery Cheaper? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The economics of high-tech medicine.
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40.Author as Idiot (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Gary Shteyngart promotes his new book.
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41.Volcker on the "Volcker Rule" (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Volcker thinks "[w]e could have done better" on the reform bill.
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42.Should the U.S. Really Try to Host Another World Cup? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The economic impact of hosting major sporting events.
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43.Games With 10-Year-Olds (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Rewarding kids the right way.
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44.The Battle of the Translators: Man vs. Machine (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
There's still a need for human translators.
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45.Autism: A Disease of the Rich? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
It's more common among children of wealthier parents.
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46.The Iranian Kidney Machine (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Iran's market for kidneys.
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47.Surely You Must Be Joking, Mr. Mahajan! The "Street-Fighting Mathematician" Answers Your Questions (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Sanjoy Mahajan answers your questions.
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48.Lasting Inequality (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Income inequality throughout the 20th century.
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49.A Year Without Unhappiness? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A year without lying followed by a year without unhappiness.
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50.Japanese banks and government bonds: That bloated feeling (www.economist.com)
Japan’s banks may soon chafe at their mission to support the bond marketJAPAN has been dining out on the story this month of the arrest of its hot-dog-eating champ, Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi, in Coney Island, New York, for his ov...
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