Thursday, December 11, 2014

It's great having a personalized thermos

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Student gave me a gift-a thermos with the name of my blog on it ("The Dangerous Economist")
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Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Monte Vista University artist in residence apparently commits suicide-but some say it might have been murder

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Don't worry, Nobel Prize winning economics professor Henry Spearman is on the case. The news account says: "Spearman has accepted...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Were The Pilgrims Capitalists Or Socialists?

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This was first posted in 2010. See The Pilgrims Were ... Socialists? from The New York Times . There seems to be some controversy. One st...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Tuition Trails Inflation for Many U.S. Colleges

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From the WSJ this week . Excerpts: "More than half of public colleges in the U.S. are failing to bring in enough tuition revenue to...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Who Is My Favorite Economist?

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Click here to see the answer
Friday, November 14, 2014

The secret strategy to buying and selling used textbooks

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It seems like it is all in the timing. See Textbook Arbitrage: Making Money Off Used Books by David Kestenbaum of NPR. Click here to see th...
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Friday, November 07, 2014

Some Good News: Productivity Up, Percent Of Population Employed Up

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See US Productivity Suggests Economy Can Grow 'Without The Threat Of Inflation' and Employment status of the civilian noninstitutio...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Third-Quarter G.D.P. Rose 3.5% And More On Airline Prices

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Click here to read the NY Times story by PATRICIA COHEN . The news, however, is mixed. There are good signs and maybe some signs of concern ...
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Friday, October 24, 2014

Is The Airline Industry An Oligopoly?

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See US Airlines Hike Base Fares Despite Falling Fuel Prices; Consumers Unhappy . Excerpt: "Such fare hikes indicate that airlines don...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Who are the richest people in the world?

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Australians. See Property makes Australians the world’s richest, says Credit Suisse . Excerpts: "Thanks to their houses, Australians ...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Mexico's junk food taxes hitting Pepsi, Coke

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Click here to read the AP article by CANDICE CHOI . In a couple of my micro sections we recently read a chapter from The Economics of Pub...
Friday, October 03, 2014

The Unemployment Rate Fell From 6.1% to 5.9% In September. But How Good Actually Is That News?

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If we look at the percent of the of civilian noninstitutional population that is employed, it registered only a very small increase. The rea...
Friday, September 26, 2014

U.S. Economy Grew at 4.6% Rate in Second Quarter

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Click here to read the WSJ article . Excerpts: "The U.S. economy grew in the spring at the fastest pace since late 2011, another s...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Which metro area has the highest paid workers?

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See The biggest paychecks? They're in Midland by L. M Sixel of the Houston Chronicle. Excerpts:  "Workers in the West Texas city...
Friday, September 12, 2014

There Is A Black Market On Capitol Hill

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Yes, a black market in snacks. Pretty shocking. See Inside Capitol Hill's black market: Snacks by HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH of POLITICO....
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Friday, September 05, 2014

For Some Grads, College Isn't Worth Debt

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Wall Street Journal article by Douglas Belkin . Excerpts: "The median wage of an American with a bachelor's degree was $48,000 la...
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