Why are major concerts so expensive, and what can musicians do about it? Can I ask you a question? Did you ever try to buy tickets to a Taylor Swift concert? (If you didn’t get the reference, don’t worry about it.) Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour is poised to crush various…

Disney’s first move when they bought the Star Wars IP was to wipe the slate clean and de-canonize everything that wasn’t depicted in the movies or Clone Wars TV show. …

The answer will shock you! — With the 2026 World Cup host cities announced my friend Julian posed a question: which of the 16 cities is the most transit-accessible? It’s not a straightforward question, with the host cities across North America having very different geographies, layouts and transit networks. To standardize the question a bit I…

Homes are expensive, but there’s not a bubble Last month the Dallas Fed made waves when it published a report titled “Real-Time Market Monitoring Finds Signs of Brewing U.S. Housing Bubble” (emphasis mine). It is newsworthy, and perhaps even a little alarming, that a federal agency populated by professional economists…

I find the game slow, dull and not very fun — so what keeps me coming back? Monopoly is probably the best-selling modern board game of all time. Yet if you ask an adult friend or family member to play a round with you, they’re far more likely to respond…

Fans drawn in by Thrones’ sprawling narrative may find themselves disappointed by a binary ending. — Now that Game of Thrones has returned to the screen, the search is on for breadcrumbs that point to how the show will end. But instead of rereading the books or scouring public interviews, hardcore fans could learn something from a turn-of-the-decade video game. Mass Effect, the sprawling, critically-acclaimed action-RPG…