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Similar to the reason that we have published more than four thousand econlife posts during the past 15 years, economist Justin Wolfers said, “I want to teach the world economics.” To achieve his goal, he created Platypus Economics. Described by him in the NY Times, Platypus will give everyday events an economic spin. Like us, his audience is everyone. And also like us, he tries to make economics easy and fun. For that reason, we are a subscriber and recommend that you take a look.
