Dear Undercover Economist
Should a husband be expected to leave the toilet seat down, or, with gravity on her side, does it make more sense to leave it to the man’s wife? Should a young couple cut an eight-month, round-the-world sabbatical short to return home for a friend’s wedding?
These are just some of the intriguing questions that Tim Harford tries to solve in his Dear Economist column in the Financial Times.