There are many reasons why American health care is super expensive. One of the biggest ones is that patients don't have any real way of knowing what any given service or procedure costs. And because the patients don't know any better, providers have no compelling reason to even attempt to keep prices low. But what if they did? Here's how that might look.

The Great Chicken War of the 1960s had far-reaching and unexpected consequences. It's the reason why Americans pay more for lightweight trucks.

Don’t get nostalgia goggles stuck on your face. The closing of retail stores will be a net win!

When a business makes a profit, who deserves the excess? Is it fair that the owner gets all the profits? Should the profits be shared equally among workers and owners alike?

Should you watch Netflix every day after school? To know the answer, you’ve got to understand a little thing called “opportunity cost."

A new policy passed down from the California State Energy Commission says every new home must be built with solar panels. California already has twice the cost of living compared with other states, and this new policy is going to make housing even more expensive.

We’ve got smartphones and Netflix. All thanks to... specialization and division of labor!

When people trade voluntarily with each other, everybody gets what they want. Here's why...

The cost of housing, like everything, is about supply and demand. We've got the demand, but what happens with the supply?

We take big risks with people's livelihoods when we make demands about what people should be paid. The reality is that people don't necessarily need a "living wage" to make a living.

Current projections suggest that the world's population will hit 8 billion by 2024. What will this mean for our natural resources?

Bob thinks the world is getting worse, but Seamus, Sarah, and the Debunkers remind us that there's a lot to be thankful for in this episode of Common Sense Soapbox.