Recent debates of basic income (BI) proposals shine a useful spotlight on the challenges that traditional forms of income support are increasingly facing, and highlight gaps in social provisions that largely depend on income or employment status. A universal "no questions asked" public transfer...

This paper uses a sample of approximately 60,000 US households to document fundamental basket size patterns across a range of retailer types (e.g. grocery stores, convenience stores, and warehouse clubs), and studies them in relation to retailer performance metrics (unit sales and dollar...

Class actions have penetrated every sector of American commerce. Significant resources routinely are invested in resisting class certification because of the adverse economic and business management consequences that can follow from classwide relief. In those circumstances when a class is...