I think the joke goes something like “If you laid all the economists in the world end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.” This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you, but on a lot of issues it’s almost certainly true. At least now we can observe what happens when all [...]
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Apparently This Is What Happens When You Lay Economists End To End…
February 2nd, 2012 · 4 Comments
Fun With Data · Policy · Random Links
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Random Link: On Rick Perry, Social Security And Ponzi Schemes…
September 1st, 2011 · 10 Comments
Buyer Beware · Random Links
My latest on About.com regarding whether Rick Perry is totally wrong with his “Social Security is a Ponzi scheme” comments…also, what a Ponzi scheme is.
Plus, a bonus cartoon for your viewing pleasure. From The Dollar Vigilante:
Update: Here is a long-winded link from the Social Security Administration explaining why its system is not a Ponzi [...]
Tags: Buyer Beware · Random Links
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. At [...]
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Random Link: If Scientists Were Like Rockstars…
March 13th, 2011 · 7 Comments
Just For Fun · Random Links
I got the following request from reader Tristan T. as a comment on my last post:
We need more nerdy talk. Or at least some bad econ jokes to lighten the mood.
Let me be clear- it’s not like I disagree with this assessment in the least, but sometimes I have stuff to do…like a job, and [...]
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Random Link: If You Are Looking To Procrastinate This Afternoon…
February 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments
Behavioral Econ · Random Links
…Dan Ariely has a new experiment for you to participate in. As with earlier experiments, it would be lovely if you could resist speculating on what the experiment is trying to measure until after the experiment is over, since that sort of messes with the results. Also, the “click to participate” thing is [...]
Tags: Behavioral Econ · Random Links