The Dangerous Economist

See The Student Body, for Sale: To meet the rising cost of college, students can call on at least one resource all their own by Don Troop o...

See Best Picture Contenders Earn Over $300 Million After Nominations . Excerpt: "Much more so than in past years, the 2012 Best Pictu...

Fewer bees in US a threat to world's almond supply By GOSIA WOZNIACKA. The bees are needed for pollination and they have been suffering...

Click here to find out . It may not be what you think.

Click here to read the article from today's NY Times magazine . Excerpts: "Illegal immigration does have some undeniably negativ...

Click here to see the CIA rankings on capita GDP . Here is the current top 15: 1 Qatar $102,800 2 Liechtenst...

Below is a repeat of last year's Valentine's day post. I am not sure if the links are still working: The first one is Researchers ...

See this report from payscale.com   Click here to see more info from Yahoo Finance Here are the top 15 Here is an excerpt from th...

See Report Describes Big Gaps in Athletic vs. Academic Spending by Brad Wolverton of The Chronicle of Higher Education . Excerpts: "...

See Bird Road IHOP Slammed Yesterday During Free Pancake Day by Ily Goyanes of the Miami New Times . They wanted to raise money for charit...

It authorized a federal income tax. See Many Unhappy Returns—Millions of Them: It's the 100th anniversary of the 16th Amendment. Don...

See The fraudster who fooled a whole nation: Portuguese media pundit exposed as conman: Artur Baptista da Silva faces prosecution after faki...

In my macro classes this week, we covered opportunity cost, the idea that there is no such thing as a free lunch. See Pollution highlights t...

Welcome to any new students. I usually post something three times a week on Wed., Fri. and Sun. The next post should be next Wed. The entrie...

See A Motherboard Walks Into a Bar ... by ALEX STONE, from yesterday's NY Times. There is a program "called Standup (for System...

Dave Brubeck died on December 5. The music the Jazz Protagonists played last night was great, lots of Brubeck's best stuff. Here is a li...

Here is what Jerry Seinfeld said in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine about why he keeps practicing his stand up act: "When ...

It was in today's paper. Here is the link: Cut government spending to boost economy . Here is the article in case the link does not last...

Here is what President Obama said: “During National Entrepreneurship Month, we celebrate the hard work, ingenuity, and courage of our thin...

Here is the link Entrepreneurship Matters It is by Paul McManus. It is "An exploration of entrepreneurial thought and action for hi...