Economics identifies something called a “public good.” This is not something that's good for the public, rather, it's a ...

Thomas Sowell makes an interesting point here. Prompted by Mark Perry, an old Thomas Sowell column makes the point that you can't really redistribute rivalrous goods like wealth. Well, OK, you can ...

RMIT University provides funding as a strategic partner of The Conversation AU. Regular readers of this column will know that I’m neither an artist nor a cultural expert, but something much more ...

A new study of intercollegiate football rivalries suggests that competition for scarce resources influences fan opinions. The researchers found that geographic proximity and a shared history of ...