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The economics of pilgrimage: what happens to a city when millions arrive at once

How lighthouses became the first example of a public good — and what economists got wrong

How a single Dutch auction decision in 1602 shaped every stock market on Earth

How ancient Rome’s road network still shapes european trade routes

The economic history of the English language: how a dialect became...

The psychology of money: why smart people make predictable financial mistakes

How the internet changed the economics of attention — and everything...

The economics of organized crime: why prohibition creates the industries it...

The Great Stagnation: why productivity growth slowed and whether it can...

The antibiotic resistance crisis: why the world is quietly running out...

The underground economy that sustains half the world’s poorest countries

The hidden arithmetic of immigration: what the research actually shows

How the price of housing became the defining economic issue of...