Slightly different from our usual post, today I have three shorter stories that grabbed my attention. I guess we can call them my mini-posts. Let’s take a look. 1. The reasons we stay home from work appear not to have…
Our Weekly Roundup: From Milk to Tobacco
Our weekly roundup includes the everyday economics of consumer surplus, monopolistic competition, economic development, poverty and technology spillover.
Our Weekly Roundup: From the Invisible Hand to Invisible People
Today’s weekly roundup includes the everyday economics of invisibles like the cost of tariffs, the market, certain jobs, measures and the impact of a canal.
Our Weekly Roundup: From Traffic Lights to Sneakers, Everyday Economics Explained by 5 Great Economists
Our Econlife roundup for the week 7.14.14 An island without traffic lights displays the benefits of Adam Smith’s laissez-faire…more 7.15.14 Why David Ricardo would approve of where your sneakers were made…more 7.16.14 John Maynard Keynes could say why you’ll get less Social…
Our Weekly Roundup: From Cupcake Bubbles to Indian Villages
An Econlife roundup for the week 7.06.14 The tough part of cutting federal spending…more 7.07.14 When a village in India got a new road, surprising economic changes quickly unfolded…more 7.08.14 Who ever thought that a reclining chair could resuscitate…
Our Weekly Roundup: From Prop 8 to Alexander Hamilton
An Econlife roundup for the week This week same-sex marriage and human capital, natural gas and opportunity cost were some of the ways we connected everyday life with economics. 06.30.14 The battle against Prop 8 was about more than validating same-sex marriage…more…
