Deloitte has just released The Shift Index, a study of long-term trends in the U.S. economy.   Two interesting graphs follow which put some numbers on conventional wisdom.  The US economy has...

It is now common in the left-leaning blogosphere to cite Estonia, its rapidly collapsing economy, and its earlier free market policies.  Sometimes the name of Dan Mitchell pops up as well. I...

Will, a loyal MR reader, asks: I just ran across an interesting post by a Jess Weiss on a pro-streetcars-for-DC blog that asks the following question - "In several places in the U.S., most notably...

I love being reminded of the history of economic thought: It seems safe to assume that YouTube’s traffic will continue to grow, with no clear ceiling in sight. Since the majority of Google’s...

There is much more here on the geographic distribution of other major personality traits. The high conscientious people seem to cluster in the Plains. Openness is strong in the Pacific West, New...