In economics, it’s important to have a measure of “better” versus “worse” outcomes. Even someone with a very narrow definition of “better” would most likely agree that an outcome is made better if it makes some people better off and doesn’t make anyone else worse off. As such, some old Italian economist named [...]
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Dilbert On (Potential) Pareto Improvements…
January 28th, 2012 · 6 Comments
Econ 101 · Just For Fun
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An Economist’s Halloween Walk Of Shame…
November 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments
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November 1st is seriously my favorite day to watch the walk of shame- you know, that thing where people spend the night at the houses/apartments of others and then have to leave the next morning with rumpled hair, smeared makeup and the same clothes as the night before…just think about how much more entertaining that [...]
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Who Needs Fantasy Football When There Is Fantasy Economics?
September 29th, 2011 · 7 Comments
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During my fantasy football draft this year, I pointed out that I would totally be better at fantasy economics than I am at fantasy football. (In fairness, I was mainly bitter that I hadn’t really prepared for the draft and got stuck with Tony Romo as my starting quarterback.) It didn’t occur to [...]
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Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Austan Goolsbee Edition…
September 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! is easily one of the most entertaining things on NPR, if for no other reason than it’s one of the few programs that doesn’t evoke images of Saturday Night Live’s Delicious Dish sketch:
(Okay, that wasn’t entirely relevant, but I was thinking about it because Ben & Jerry’s has a limited-edition Schweddy [...]
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Fact-Checking John Boehner, Economist Style…
July 27th, 2011 · 26 Comments
Economic Growth · Just For Fun · Macroeconomics
I’ve never really disputed the perception that economists are socially awkward/eccentric/autistic/etc., myself included to some degree. Personally, I have a particular knack for completely ruining jokes by adding something of the form “actually, *insert random fact here that indicates that the joke is technically incorrect*.” I’m a joy to have at cocktail parties, [...]
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