As the cliché goes, nice guys finish last. 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk, in officially requesting a trade this week, has figured that out. There’s another modified saying that has been particularly ...

I am immediately suspicious of losing bidders who raise a ruckus long after the bidding is done and try to derail delivery of urgently needed public goods. More often than not, they are driven by the ...

They say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Amusement-park giant Six Flags recently discovered that wheels squeaking loud enough can get an awful lot of cash, too.

The American government has a fundamental incentive problem when it comes to fraud, waste, and abuse. In this way, as in many others, government leaders share little in common with their private ...