The Christmas blowout, then, is not new. Prof Joel Waldfogel, an economist and author of Scroogenomics, has been able to track the impact of Santa on the US economy back across the decades.

The fallout from coal-fired power plants has made other lakes and ponds lifeless. “In a legendary 1993 paper, Professor Joel Waldfogel suggested that holiday gift-giving provides less of an economic ...

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Joel Waldfogel, and Matthew White. "Friend or Foe? Cooperation and Learning in High-Stakes Games." Review of Economics and Statistics 92, no. 1 (February 2010): 179–187.

Coronation Street's latest murder mystery is causing quite the stir none more so than with television personality Fern Britton. The rumour mill on the cobbles has been in overdrive since the ...

But is that Orwellian or a new paradise? Plus was Scrooge right? The economics of gifts by Joel Waldfogel who wrote "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays".

Tis the season to waste money. Joel Waldfogel at Yale University has notoriously estimated that people value the gifts they get at between 10 and 33 per cent less then they cost the giver. This ...

'Twas the week after Christmas, and in a quiet corner of the San Fernando Valley, lines of waste collection trucks waited to offload their goods onto a growing mountain of garbage. Here at the ...

Billy Joel is moving out. The "Piano Man" singer and lifelong New Yorker is selling his massive waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, after completing a five-year renovation project.

It’s official: Coronation Street villain Joel Deering (Calum Lill) has been murdered. October 14’s instalment of the ITV soap saw Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) break the news to DS Lisa Swain ...

Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He primarily covers transportation, as well as breaking news. On this beat, Rose covers anything that moves — planes, trains, cars, trucks, b ...

Will Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid join All-Star running mate Paul George in making his regular-season debut against the Phoenix Suns? Milwaukee Bucks v Philadelphia 76ers / Mitchell Leff ...