Megan McArdle

Forget rum raisin or mint chocolate chip. It's time to start your meal with a savory treat flavored with feta, carrots, or bacon.

Why American confectioners don't need a conspiracy to set prices.

The many cases for getting married younger.

American retirement is in free fall, and even the safest plans are turning out to be dangerous.

$2,000 to make coffee? $800 to boil rice? In any color you'd like! Inside the American housewares craze.

There's no mystery to how to make the social-networking site work for you. You don't need a lot of friends. You just need a lot of cash.

Get set for luxury to win the battle for the brick-and-mortar marketplace.

Mythomania about college has turned getting a degree into an American neurosis. It's sending parents to the poorhouse and saddling students with a backpack full of debt that doesn't even guarantee a good job in the end.

Looking for a fail-safe plan to get rich without working? Sure you are—and that's the problem.