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The article discusses various factors including injuries and scandals that help account for the uncertainty in estimating a professional athlete's lifetime earnings, with commentary presented about the circumstances of golfer Tiger Woods and tennis player Andy Murray.

The article discusses research on the effects of early childhood education in the U.S., with information on expanded preschool programs, the return on investment for government-funded preschool education, and the economic aspects of universal public preschool programs.

The article discusses the difficulty in determining whether cities derive any long-term economic benefits from hosting large events such as the Olympic Games or national political conventions, with skeptical commentary presented by economists Robert A. Baade and Victor A. Matheson.

The article discusses a report issued in June, 2012 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that estimated the cost of raising a child for a middle-income family in the U.S. to be about $300,000, with commentary presented on the USDA's methodology and the views of economists and academics who say the USDA figure substantially underestimates the true cost.

The article examines the job-generating reputation of U.S. small businesses based on an analysis by the Small Business Administration on how small is a small business.

The article examines the cost and impact of the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011 on the British economy, which ranges from 2.5 billion to 50 billion U.S. dollars.

The article discusses several studies which examined the economic impact of social problems, including drug and alcohol abuse.

The article looks at the flaws in the statistical models used to determine the economic gain of hosting the Super Bowl football tournaments for U.S. cities, according to several economists.

The article presents the author's opinions on the accuracy of an April 2007 report from the World Bank which stated that there are 985 million poor people worldwide in 2007, and suggests that there has been a decline of 260 million since 1990. World Bank's definition of poverty, which was used to gain its poverty statistics, is discussed.