I figured this was appropriate for the occasion… Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Council for Economic Education hosted its annual High School Economics Challenge, which brought students from all over the state to the Federal Reserve of Boston to compete to see which students are the biggest ner…er, which students know the most economics. The [...]
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Kids These Days Think They Are So Smart…
May 16th, 2013 · 3 Comments
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, Daily Show Edition…
January 12th, 2013 · No Comments
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So people didn’t seem to care for Jon Stewart’s coverage of the trillion dollar coin. First, the case in question: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Trillion-Dollar Coin www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook So, Ryan Cooper thought “it [...]
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On Adam Smith Versus Physicists And Monkeys With Dart Boards…
January 11th, 2013 · 12 Comments
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Sometimes I feel like the comics I come across are written just for me… …especially since this came out as I was putting together my lecture slides for the first day of Econ 101. I really want to point out how this comic is inaccurate, but the only counterargument I have is that Adam Smith [...]
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Episode 2 In My “Economists Don’t Say That” Series, And A Potential Explanation…
December 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments
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Ok, I get it- it’s for some reason trendy to use economics and economists as straw men to try to prove that you really “get” the world or whatever…I mean if Michael Sandel is going down that path, it’s got to be a thing, right? The next installment in this trend piece is an article [...]
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My Imagined Yet Realistic Debate Between Michael Sandel And The Economics World…
November 24th, 2012 · 38 Comments
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I am familiar with philosopher Michael Sandel mainly because his Justice course is often in competition with Greg Mankiw’s Ec10 for the title of largest undergraduate course at Harvard. (I think this is the case because both of them satisfy some sort of Social Analysis core requirement, but I am not aware of the details.) [...]
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