See, I upload videos on elasticity to YouTube and I get rewarded with things like this:
I can’t possibly understand why people think economists are nerdy.
Entries Tagged as 'Just For Fun'
I Get Writers’ Block, You Get Econ Videos…
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments
Just For Fun
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Homer Economicus?
March 9th, 2010 · 7 Comments
Behavioral Econ · Just For Fun
Oh, The Simpsons…so a couple of months ago I was approached with the idea of writing about the economics to be found in the Simpsons…I figured that this would be fruitful, since if the Harvard stereotypes regarding the writers are true, it stands to reason that a number of the writers have taken the class [...]
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On Auctions And Sunspots, Sort Of…
March 5th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Buyer Beware · Incentives · Just For Fun
This has been going around the Internet for the past couple of days…(HT to Gizmodo and others…)
My first thought was “the guy on the right must be an economist.” Also, I’m surprised that no one popped up to offer $52. The comments on the sites that were running this, however, got me thinking [...]
Tags: Buyer Beware · Incentives · Just For Fun
Money Is An Important Thing, Demetri Martin Edition…
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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I *heart* Demetri Martin. I mean, come on…Yale grad who dropped out of law school because he decided that (nerdy) stand up comedy was his calling? (I will admit that this setup would be much less appealing were he not actually successful at the comedy thing.) So when I heard that his [...]
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A Lesson In “I Shouldn’t Be Surprised That This Exists,” LOLFed Edition…
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Just For Fun · Policy
My friend Jeff is organizing a series of “lightning talks,” which are two minute presentations (complete with a PowerPoint deck set to autoadvance in order to enforce the 2 minute rule) about something (hopefully) interesting. He asked me what the title of my talk is going to be, and I told him that I [...]
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