Showing posts with label Economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economics. Show all posts
Sunday, December 13, 2009

R.I.P. Paul Samuelson

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Paul Samuelson (the first American Nobel Laureate in Economics, and arguably the most influential economist of the 20th century) died today ...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Even Children Can Understand Economics

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Every once in a while (actually, make that "on a regular basis), the Unknown Daughter comes out with something that really floors me. T...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Googlenomics, Auction Theory, and Hal Varian

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Like many programs, the Unknown Alma Mater's doctoral program used Varian's Economics text for our Micro Sequence. So, I perk up wh...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Awesome Explanation of the Economic Crisis

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I didn't realize this, but every year Harvard's Kennedy School invites new members of congress for a three-day "briefing" ...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Finance and Economic Courses on the Web on The Web

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Increasingly, people are putting their lectures, teaching material, and (in some cases), entire courses on the web. Here are a few I've...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

There Shall Be Only One (Bank, that is)

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It's too early for March Madness, but here's a pool you can play if you're in the financial services industry - September Madnes...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

"Shocking" Economics Facts

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I thought this short Youtube clip had some very interesting facts. They illustrate just how amazingly large our economy is relative to that...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Myerson, Maskin, and Hurwicz Win Nobel Economics Prize

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Once again, I guessed wrong - Fama once again didn't get the nod. Instead, the prize went to three Americans who were instrumental in d...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Another Economics Blog List

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CurrencyTrading.net has compiled a list of 100 Top Economics Blogs . Financial Rounds is listed under the "Blogs By Univesity Profess...
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Friday, March 02, 2007

Friday Link Dump

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It's been an interesting day at Unknown University. We had a huge storm blow through, and there was flooding in many buildings around c...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Two Nobel Winners For The Price of One

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Today's Wall Street Journal has an i nterview of Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Schelling by his student Michale Spence (another Nobel winne...
Monday, March 28, 2005

Capitalism, Socialism, and Imperfect People

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As a finance professor, I am almost always in favor of free and competitive markets. However, when I discuss this with a non-economist, the...
Saturday, March 26, 2005

Profit vs. Charity

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The Angry Economist is writing on the role of profits: Profit has two pleasant characteristics. First is that profit attracts capital invest...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Policy Analysis Market: Positive and Normative Perspectives (Catallaxis)

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Daniel O'Connor at Catallaxis discusses the fate of the Policy Analysis Market (i.e. terrorism futures) in terms of both positive vs. no...
Monday, March 21, 2005

Good Economists=Bad Politicians

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Stumbling and Mumbling has an excellent examination of why economists often make poor politician (like, for the umpteenth time, Larry Summe...
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Economics And Society (and Some Good Reading)

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My grad school cohort and I often laugh at how training in economics has made us unfit for life outside "the tribe" (after all, ho...
Saturday, March 05, 2005

Why Are Tickets For Different Movies Priced The Same?

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Tyler Cowan at Marginal Revolution uses an economist's perspective to examine a lot of cultural issues. Today, he asks the question ...
Monday, February 28, 2005

Opportunity Costs, Renting vs. Buying, and Bad Economic Reasoning

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Bill Cholensky over at Cattalarchy has a good example for explaining opportunity costs. He begins It sometimes amazes me what passes for e...