I get very frustrated when people say things like “I can’t do economics because I’m not good at math,” since I feel strongly that basic economics isn’t about math, and there is plenty that people can understand about economics without trudging through a bunch of algebra. That said, I am teaching graduate students this semester, [...]
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Lagrange Multipliers, Or Econgirl’s Foray Into Real Math…
January 30th, 2012 · 6 Comments
Fun With Math · Videos
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Adventures In Fact-Checking, GOP Debate Edition…
September 8th, 2011 · 26 Comments
Fun With Math
Those who know me know that I’m not particularly inclined to universally agree or disagree with any political party. Those who know me also know that I get really annoyed when people brashly make factual statements that aren’t even close to being true. Therefore, political debates are always, uh, fun for me. The latest GOP [...]
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Why Publication Bias Matters, In One Cartoon…
April 6th, 2011 · 10 Comments
Fun With Data · Fun With Math
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you know that the correlation does not imply causation thing really gets me into a tizzy. What you probably don’t know is that this issue is not my only pet peeve with a lot of empirical research. (Shocking, I know.) Let me start by giving a bit [...]
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Random Link: Where Are The Female Economics Bloggers?
March 27th, 2011 · 18 Comments
Fun With Math · Gender · Random Links
That’s the question that Matthew Kahn poses in The Christian Science Monitor: There are 39 women who rank in the top 1000 and 0 of them blog. Contrast that with the men. Consider the top 100 men. In this elite subset; at least 8 of them blog. Consider the men ranked between 101 and 200. [...]
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When Economists Who Do It With Models Do It With Real Estate…
January 12th, 2011 · 13 Comments
Buyer Beware · Fun With Math
Fact: NYU professor Nouriel Roubini correctly predicted the housing crisis. From Wikipedia: In 2008, Fortune magazine wrote, “In 2005 Roubini said home prices were riding a speculative wave that would soon sink the economy. Back then the professor was called a Cassandra. Now he’s a sage”.[1] The New York Times notes that he foresaw “homeowners [...]
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