Well kids, it’s that time of year where I am working to finish a book draft when I should be on the beach somewhere. What this means for you is that you get to be the guinea pigs for my musings on the music industry to some degree. (The book is about the economics of [...]
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Fun With Contracts And Organizations, Clive Davis Edition…
June 17th, 2013 · No Comments
Books · Contracts · Incentives · Music Biz
Tags: Books · Contracts · Incentives · Music Biz
It’s Nice To Be Acknowledged, And A Lesson On The Market For Textbooks…
June 10th, 2013 · 17 Comments
Administrative · Books · Buyer Beware · Markets
The market for introductory economics textbooks is pretty crowded, but there is at least one new one coming onto the market soon: If you’ve ever used a textbook as an instructor rather than as a student, you are probably aware that there are lots of supplementary materials- solutions manuals, test question banks, and so on- [...]
Tags: Administrative · Books · Buyer Beware · Markets
Joe Stiglitz, Bill Maher, And The Answer To A Long-Standing Question Of Mine…
June 25th, 2012 · 12 Comments
Books · Uncategorizable
Dear Bill Maher, I’m gonna level with you- you and I have pretty much the quintessential love-hate relationship going on here. (Granted, this relationship is most likely asymmetric in a rather Red Sox-Yankees sort of way.) Sometimes I think you are super funny and insightful and just want to sit and smoke some weed with [...]
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An Economist Finds A $10 Bill, And A Lesson On Efficient Markets…
January 1st, 2012 · 9 Comments
Behavioral Econ · Books · Markets
One of the first things I did in 2012 was find a $10 bill on the sidewalk in Harvard Square. I decided that this was a good sign for the new year, so I tweeted about it shortly after midnight. In retrospect, I should have known better, since I pretty quickly got the following responses: [...]
Tags: Behavioral Econ · Books · Markets
Happy Holidays From Econgirl!
December 23rd, 2011 · 5 Comments
Behavioral Econ · Books · Uncategorizable
First, a holiday favorite from last year: (Fun fact: the other kid in the video will be helping me out at the AEA meeting in Chicago in a couple of weeks, so come say hi!) Second, my mom made a new version of an xmas tree skirt: See? Economists can be festive even though we [...]
Tags: Behavioral Econ · Books · Uncategorizable