As the New Year begins, we might want to think of this updated list of the top ten ways that we can sound like an economist.
The Gift You Didn’t Want
Although you’ll see that the Amazon reviews for How to Avoid Huge Ships are hilarious, it’s still one of those unwanted gifts that creates deadweight loss.
Weekly Roundup: From Apple’s Chimes to Boston’s Olympics
Our everyday economics includes innovation, incentives, environment, regulation, gender,monopolistic competition, oligopoly ,intellectual property and cost,
Weekly Roundup: From Marijuana to the Metric System
Our everyday economics include globalization, opportunity cost, inflation, employment, monetary policy, negative externalities, recession, business cycle.
Economic Humor: The Top Ten Ways To Sound Like An Economist
A top ten list for sounding like an economist is economic humor that might come in handy.
Weekly Roundup: From Old Age to Old Signatures
Our Posts Roundup Sunday 12.14.14 The mystery of the missing magazines…more Monday 12.15.14 Where Italian needs a connection…more Tuesday 12.16.14 Which movie stars live longer…more Wednesday 12.17.14 The Christmas music list that keeps repeating…more Thursday 12.18.14 How a signature…
Explaining Why Doctors’ Waiting Rooms Have Old Magazines
While the BMJ has some fun with a study of disappearing waiting room magazines, an economist could use the tragedy of the commons to explain why.
The Funny Side of Misleading Statistics
At the BAHFest, evolutionary researchers present bogus theories that are funny but also display how we can be convinced by misleading statistics.
Monty Python World Cup: German vs. Greek Philosophers
Here is the line-up for the Monty Python World Cup soccer match between German and Greek philosophers: And the actual match: With Greece’s odds 125/1 for winning World Cup 2014 and Germany’s 4/1, it is highly unlikely that they will oppose each other this…
Top Ten Ways to Sound Like an Economist
You might find it handy sometimes to sound like an economist. Here are the top ten ways: 1. Whatever the question, always answer, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” 2. Defend a decision by declaring, “It was worth…