The Dangerous Economist

I only met him once or twice. But alot of people knew about him and many bloggers have expressed their condolences. He began his academic ca...

See Supply, Demand and Marriag e by Robert Frank, New York Times , 8-6-11. Excerpts: "IN some cultures, romance isn’t nearly as impor...

Go to THE HERO'S JOURNEY MYTHOLOGY CODE OF HONOR It is filled with great pictures, music and interesting and inspiring quotes from many ...

There is a research paper by two economists Productivity, Wages, and Marriage: The Case of Major League Baseball . Here is the abstract or s...

In case any of my students are interested knowing more about the job market, see Degrees That Employers Want . Here are the top six they lis...

Probably most people have seen this video or know about it. We watched it in my macro classes this week. There are actually two videos. Here...

Robert Fogel is a Nobel Prize Winning Economist. Here is something he said recently: "Technology rescued humankind from centuries of ph...

Some research suggest no. But more recent research says yes. See these two links: Money buys happiness after all The happiness wars

That's the title of a book I just finished reading and I have mentioned it recently in my macro classes. Here is the link to the Amazon ...

It is called Big-Time Sports in American Universities , by Charles T. Clotfelter. It was just reviewed in The Wall Street Journal . See Calc...

This week in my macro classes we covered the Federal Reserve (Fed) policy tools that are used to control the money supply in the economy. Ce...

Last week I talked about problems the national debt might cause. Now this week Standard & Poors says that the government has a one in th...

See For Many Chinese Men, No Deed Means No Dates from the NY Times. Excerpts: "Although there are few concrete ways to measure the sc...

I submitted an op-ed article to the San Antonio Express-News about this issue. It looks like it will not get printed. In it, I disagreed wi...

This was a guest column I wrote that appeared on The Ranger website (that is the school paper for San Antonio College). Here is the link: Wh...

See Smokers and the obese cheaper to care for, study shows from the New York Times. The idea is that the healthy live longer and that tips ...

This is a continuation of Wednesday's topic. Suppose that you buy a new shirt every month for $20. But now there is a high tax on shirts...

See Reinhart and Rogoff: Higher Debt May Stunt Economic Growth from the WSJ blog last year. "To all the reasons to worry about the rap...

See Why North Dakota May Be the Best State in the Country to Live In . The state has the lowest unemployment rate (3.8%), in 2009 had the th...

April first 2011 will go down in history. Click White Sox Sign Obama For Left-handed Bullpen Support to read all about it.