I’ve gotten a number of emails from readers asking if I think we’re headed for a double-dip recession. (In case you aren’t familiar, a double-dip recession is, well, exactly what it sounds like, and that link is an interesting overview of different recession types. I now have a new set of balloon animal [...]
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Random Link: Your Double-Dip Questions (Sort Of) Answered…
August 16th, 2010 · 6 Comments
Just For Fun · Macroeconomics · Random Links
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Random Link: Al Roth and “Un-Freakonomics”
July 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Game Theory · Markets · Random Links
Forbes magazine has a profile of Al Roth and his work in game theory, experimental economics and market design:
Alvin Roth sees plenty of ways economics can make a difference in people’s lives. In contrast with the authors of bestselling books like Freakonomics, who are fascinated by obscure but intriguing questions like how to detect [...]
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Random Link: Read Economics On the Interwebs At Your Own Risk…
June 29th, 2010 · 7 Comments
Random Links
I am posting this without comment, for now, since people are asking for it and it suddenly went unavailable at its original location. Economics is Hard. Don’t Let Bloggers Tell You Otherwise, by Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond:
The following is a letter to open-minded consumers of the economics blogosphere. In the wake [...]
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Random Link: More On Confirmation Bias, aka “Why We’re Stupid”…
June 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Behavioral Econ · Random Links
Whenever I read through behavioral economics books, I really do feel like they should all be titled “Why We’re Stupid,” “Why Humans Suck at Life,” etc. (I’m not really sure, however, whether those titles would be a help of a hindrance from a marketing perspective.) It’s probably not surprising, then, that my new [...]
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Random Link: If Political Scientists Covered The News…
June 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Policy · Random Links
It probably doesn’t shock you that I feel pretty strongly that journalists who intend to cover business and politics should have to take courses in economics, statistics and political science. This is especially true as news articles seem to be taking an increasingly editorial slant- if nothing else, how can a journalist know what [...]
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