Economics
Fixing the NBA Draft Lottery
Issue: Unlike other team sports in the US, NBA teams generally superstar players to have any realistic chance at winning a title. The difference in effect between a superstar player such as Lebron James and an average player is enormous, and as such these few players in the NBA are […]
The cure for McDonald’s Ills
McDonald’s has been in the financial news quite a bit lately, and not for good reasons (WSJ Article). The company has been struggling quite precipitously the past year and a half, with revenue and earnings drops that look to be a sign of bad things to come. Key metrics including […]
What will happen in Greece?
Since the Syriza Party took power in the Greek Parliament, I’ve been asked this questions multiple times while out and about. The only basis for people asking me the question is that I have a Greek last name; though I was born and have lived almost my entire life in […]
Airlines Adding in Extra Seats
This week United Airlines announced that it may change many of its 777 aircraft seating from 9 across seating to 10 across in economy class (Daily Mail Article)continuing a trend of higher density seating configurations. Its economy plus product (a sort of low-end premium economy) will stay at 9 across […]
