The Dangerous Economist

See Gas’s Drop Drives U.S. Into Deflation Territory: Consumer-price gauge shows 0.1% year-over-year decline in January, first since October ...

See Time for a Presidential Panel to Investigate College Sports by Andrew Zimbalist in The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is a professor...

By Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal . Excerpts: "In 2013, 77% of adults from families in the top income quartile earned at l...

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 ...

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 Hundreds dodge rain for tree giveaway by Elda Silva, San Antonio Express-News. A good is scarce if there is not enough to go around w...

See Why Inspiring Stories Make Us React: The Neuroscience of Narrative by Paul Zak. Zak is an economist who uses neuroscience in his resear...

In economics, signaling theory says that we send out signals to convince people we have certain traits. For example, a college degree is a s...

Click here to read the article . One of the factors that can shift demand curves is expectation of future price. If, for some reason, you e...

Welcome to any new students. I usually post something 2-3 times a week. The entries usually have something to do with a basic economic princ...

Click here to see the strip . Dagwood : Boss, I need to talk to you about my need for a little raise. Dithers: Bumpstead, haven't y...