Thursday, May 31, 2012

Cartoon Teaches Economics "By Word Of Mouse"

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It has Sylvester the cat but the real star is a little mouse who is an econmics professor. It is called "By Word Of Mouse." It wa...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Great New Book On Neuroscience By Economist Paul Zak

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It is called The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity . Zak coined the term neuroeconomics but this book seems to be about so m...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Joseph Campbell Meets Joseph Schumpeter (The Entrepreneur As Hero)

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(Published in The New Leaders: The Business Bulletin for Transformative Leadership, November/December 1992.) Entrepreneurs are ...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Is There A Tradeoff Between Helping The Poor And Protecting The Environment?

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See Brazilian Forestry Legislation Advances By JOHN LYONS of The Wall Street Journal . It is about a law that Brazil just passed. Excerpts:...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Does Neuroscience Prove That You Should Follow Your Bliss?

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The Freakonomicis guys , STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT wrote an article in 2006 in the NY Times magazine called A Star Is Made . ...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

You've Heard About Death And Taxes, But What About Taxes And Death?

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See Fatal car wrecks jump on tax day by Aaron Smith of CNN. Excerpts: "The odds of getting into a fatal crash increase by 6% on tax ...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Are rich taxed less than secretaries?

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Should the unemployment rate be lower given the current job-vacancy rate?

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See On Jobs, No Time for a Celebratory Beveridge by JUSTIN LAHART of The Wall Street Journal . Excerpt: "There were 3.5 million job op...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

What’s the Easiest Way to Cheat on Your Taxes?

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Click here to read this NY Times Magazine article . The easiest way is: "Run your own company. More specifically, as Greg Kyte, a Utah ...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Keynes As An Investor

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See Keynes: One Mean Money Manager by Jason Zweig of The Wall Street Journal . This generated many comments and Zweig's response to the...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Are Monkeys More Rational Than Humans?

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See The Hard Science of Monkey Business by AMY DOCKSER MARCUS of The Wall Street Journal . It is about the research that Yale professor Lau...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

Which Type Of Unemployment Is The Biggest Problem?

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Ben Bernanke raised this issue in a recent speech. See Fed Signals Resolve on Rates: Cheap Credit Still Needed Despite Recent Employment Gai...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Some Good Economic News

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As a card carrying dismal scientist, I should not display optimism. But Google business news had 4 positive stories listed. Here they are: S...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

How can an economy that is growing so slowly produce such big declines in unemployment?

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See Piecing Together the Job-Picture Puzzle by Jon Hilsenrath of The Wall Street Journal . Excerpts: "Back in 1962, Yale University ec...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Do Looks Help In The Job Market?

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Maybe it is unfair, but it seems so. See The Beauty Premium by Christopher Shea of The Wall Street Journal . It describes a study done in ...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Bolivians fight over quinoa land

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Not much I can add to this story. Click here to read it . "LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian authorities say at least 30 people have been...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

Supply And Demand And Comic Books

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See Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M by Jamie Stengle of the Associated Press. Excerpts: "A copy of Detective Comics...
Friday, March 02, 2012

The Future Is Better Than You Think

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That is the subtitle of a book recently reviewed in The Wall Street Journal . See Defying the Doomsayers: "Abundance" argues that ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Does high social class lead to unethical behaviors?

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See New Studies Determine Which Social Class More Likely to Behave Unethically from the National Science Foundation. Excerpts are below but...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sale Of The Nike All-Star Collection Sneakers Causes A Riot

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See Riot erupts at Florida Mall during Nike All Star collection sneaker release event . Excerpt: "A riot erupted late Thursday night at...
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