He needs to read Gary Becker's work on the value of time in a society where our value of time is rising. Here is the blurb for his book: Mathew is an economics professor at UCLA and has written three books: Green Cities (Brookings Institution Press);...

$15,000 budgeted, according to city records. The remaining balance — about $6,020 — will go to the reserves like other unspent funds. A Journal Times review of administrative travel expenses between 2007 and 2011 revealed Dickert’s expenses annually...

Rather, he says, government is in crisis. Despite the existence of regulatory agencies, banks and mortgage lenders ran amok. Now, says Becker, the government must double down on regulation, insisting that banks hold more cash as a buffer against future...

Caplan does Murray no favor by making the point explicit. 3) Economics usefully tells us what people should do when faced with certain incentives. Economics goes badly wrong when it insists that real life must always conform to the predictions of...

The Cincinnati suburb of Mason and the officers responded Monday to a lawsuit filed against them in federal court in December by the family of Douglas Boucher, said attorney Gary Becker, who represents the city and the officers. The lawsuit filed in...

Neither officer faced internal discipline because they were found to have followed the police force's policy and procedures, Mason spokeswoman Jennifer Trepal has said. Calls to Masons city manager and police chief were not immediately returned Tuesday.