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I would like to present a few choice comments related to the earlier discussion of the Coase theorem and airplane seats:
From BradyDale:
I can’t wait for someone to post about actually trying this. I’m willing to bet most folks would wig out, refuse the money and recline out of spite.
Offering money to people not to do [...]
Tags: Econ 101 · Follow Ups
Aaaaaaannnnd the press releases keep coming. Does this mean I am a legitimate media outlet now? Normally I would balk a little due to the lack of personalization in the emails I am getting from the PR firm handling the Freakonomics movie (don’t get me wrong- I love learning about this [...]
Tags: Follow Ups · Uncategorizable
So yesterday I posted a little quiz asking what was wrong with with labeling the following graph with the headline “The benefits of a college degree in one graph”:
I was quite impressed with the comments on the post, since most of you passed with flying colors and even touched on issues that were more subtle [...]
Tags: Follow Ups · Fun With Data · Policy · The Simpsons
I wrote a few weeks ago about why it might not be the best idea to play board games involving play money with an economist. My explanation was inflation-related, but apparently there are other reasons. Reader Kit points me to NPR’s Planet Money:
If you think a regular Monopoly game takes forever, try playing [...]
Tags: Follow Ups · Game Theory · Just For Fun
I wrote last year about how my BFF Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like taxes:
Personal income taxes for the uhh…upper middle class and the rich are about to skyrocket 31 percent for all New Yorkers making more than $500,000 a year. So I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do, I’m gonna look for an alternative studio somewhere [...]
Tags: Buyer Beware · Follow Ups · Fun With Math · Policy
