You Don’t Need to Be Bad to be Good in the NBA
…to 49 games (or “pretty good”) 29 Win 30 to 39 games 4 Win 20 to 29 games 6 Win less than 20 games The table above indicates that…
Tow-truck drivers: roadside rescuers or car confiscators? Zachary Crockett gets hooked….
The restaurant business model is warped: kitchen wages are too low to hire cooks, while diners are put in charge of paying the waitstaff. So what happens if you eliminate…
Jens Ludwig has an idea for how to fix America’s gun violence problem — and it starts by rejecting conventional wisdom from both sides of the political aisle.
Every year, America celebrates its independence with millions of dollars worth of explosives imported from China. Zachary Crockett lights a fuse and backs away quickly….
Insurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can’t be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated notifications. Where does all this sludge come from — and how much is it…
As C.E.O. of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for over-the-top enthusiasm. Now he’s brought that same passion to the N.B.A. — and to a pet project called USAFacts, which performs…
Their trade organization just lost a huge lawsuit. Their infamous commission model is under attack. And there are way too many of them. If they go the way of travel…
…to 49 games (or “pretty good”) 29 Win 30 to 39 games 4 Win 20 to 29 games 6 Win less than 20 games The table above indicates that…
We learn how to be less impatient, how to tell fake news from real, and the simple trick that nurses used to make better predictions than doctors. Journalist Manoush Zomorodi…
In this busy time of year, we could all use some tips on how to get more done in less time. First, however, a warning: there’s a big difference between…
A local resident holds pictures he found in the tsunami-damaged city of Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture on March 22, 2011. (Photo: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) From a loss-of-life standpoint, the Japanese…
…$300 million annually and ensure jet fuel availability in the Northeast.” Mr. Anderson said the assets being purchased are worth $1 billion. … In 2011, Delta spent $11.7 billion on…
…still had the best record in the NBA in 2011-12 because of players like Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili. None of these players were lottery picks….
Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, is as cold-blooded as any economist. But she admits that her profession would do well to focus on…
The gist: If U.S. schoolteachers are indeed “just a little bit below average,” it’s not really their fault. So what should be done about it?
In many ways, the gender gap is closing. In others, not so much. And that’s not always a bad thing.
The N.B.A. superstar Chris Bosh was still competing at the highest level when a blood clot abruptly ended his career. In his new book, Letters to a Young Athlete, Bosh…
A small number of patients with multiple, chronic conditions use a lot of resources. Dr. Jeffrey Brenner found a way to identify and treat them. Could it reduce health care…
In her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to face the facts: U.S. marriage rates have plummeted but the babies keep coming,…
In the first of two episodes, Zachary Crockett digs into the strange and discomfiting history of cadavers, and the industry that has emerged around them.
Fareed Zakaria says yes. But it’s not just political revolution — it’s economic, technological, even emotional. He doesn’t offer easy solutions but he does offer some hope….
Fareed Zakaria says yes. But it’s not just political revolution — it’s economic, technological, even emotional. He doesn’t offer easy solutions but he does offer some hope….
It’s not oil or water or plutonium — it’s human hours. We’ve got an idea for putting them to use, and for building a more human-centered economy. But we need…
Lina Khan, the youngest F.T.C. chair in history, reset U.S. antitrust policy by thwarting mega-mergers and other monopolistic behavior. This earned her enemies in some places, and big fans in…
…different. Here, houses are knocked on their sides and cars and flipped upside down. The surprising thing is that, except for clearing the roads, very little else has been visibly…
…the upside-down labels, the incorrect price tags and the missing bar codes.” There is an accompanying photograph with perhaps 10 workers, all of them women, laboring over stacks and stacks…
…pretty right about the “Closed for Renovations” sign, isn’t he? Why do restaurants always post that sign when it’s not true? Is there an upside there that I’m not seeing?…
…But I think even the most objective judge would have to agree that the billboard amounts to a whopping knock upside the head from the good folks at NBC. This…
…Don’t you wish that everyone in society was as creative as the cheaters? But, more important: wouldn’t there seem to be a big financial upside in investing in enough ticket-takers…
…the possible outcomes, the upside of being ready and prepared for a “fearsome event” surely beats the alternative. The perfect analogy is globalization. Thirty years ago, rumbling began about the…
