The Dangerous Economist

My students know how exciting this news is. See 4th Quarter U.S. GDP Revised Up to 3.1% Growth . Why is this exciting? Let's suppose th...

In the past few weeks in my macro classes, we have talked about the government spending multiplier. But not all economists agree on what the...

See Gas prices are about more than just oil . Here are some excerpts: "Gas prices rise when oil prices rise, and fall when oil prices f...

See Half of all German doctors prescribe placebos, new study shows: Placebo cures shown to help with depression and stomach complaints – in...

See Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900 . She waited in line for 41 hours. This benefits no one one. No goods or services are cre...

Hedge-fund manager and author James Altucher says he will not be sending his kids to college. See Rethinking College as Student-Loan Burdens...

See EU Closes Insurers' Gender Rate Gap from The Wall Street Journal , 3-2-11. This is actually bad news for women. Here are some key e...

I saw this article mentioned at Carpe Diem , the blog of economist Mark Perry. It links an article in the New Yorker by James Surowiecki ca...

In per capita GDP, that is. The table below shows the the top 10 countries in per capita GDP based on the the CIA's 2010 estimates (they...

See Ways Your Appearance Affects Your Paycheck . Here are some excerpts: "Men who are at least 6' tall make an average salary of $5...

(This is a post from last October with an update at the end, including a link to a comaparison of unemployment rates in different countries ...

Economist Mark Perry has posted two great graphs at his blog (links to the two entries are below). But here are the graphs, They show that o...

See The Best Places to Retire Outside the U.S. But if people really believe this and many of them go to a given country, things won't be...

See Shades of 'Seinfeld': Maine bottle scam alleged form the AP. Here are the first two paragraphs: "A memorable "Seinfel...

That is an article from the NY Times. Click here to read it . It is by Jenny Anderson, co-author of the book “Spousonomics,” written with Pa...

Below is a repeat of last year's Valentine's day post. First there are a couple of new links: The first one is Kisses unleash chemic...

In one of my macro sections this week we read a chapter from the book The Economics of Macro Issues about technology. It mentions how bette...

A couple of weeks ago I had a post about something from SuperFreakonomics , how children are more likely to visit their parents in nursing h...

This past week in one section of my macro class we read a chapter about technology and how people respond to it from the book The Economics ...

See The Price of Football That Even Nonfans Pay by Mark Frost. From the Wall Street Journal, page D6, February 3, 2011. Cities spend tax pa...