On the lighter side of economics, the Boston Globe—via Marginal Revolution—highlights a new study arguing that winning sports teams actually increase the incomes of local residents and workers. It’s been long established that the fans’ investment in sports teams—emotions rising and falling on every goal, streak, or fleeting playoff run—pays dividends in positive psychological effects. [...]

Photo by wili_hybrid. There is little more dreadful for a parent than unintentionally hurting one’s own child. There is little more traumatic for a child than having something they dearly want taken away from them. A Toronto psychologist is under fire for recommending controversial treatments which some believe cause just that. A heartbreaking NPR documentary [...]