Hi all. Good to see people commenting on re-thinking interest rate policy here, I am going to give it another day for people to make comments (as I am waiting for some specific people) and then I’ll start writing things up on the weekend - so if there is anything you want to add, go there are add it ...

2 days ago · The visible hand in economics · tvhe.wordpress.com by Matt Nolan 22 references

Forbes.com recently published its annual global research ( link) on the attraction of particular countries on doing business from macroeconomic and microeconomic point of view. According to Forbes, the best place for doing business is Denmark, followed by Ireland, Finland, United States and United K ...

3 days ago · Capitalism & Freedom · rspruk.blogspot.com by Rok Spruk () 13 references

Wonderful resourse for economics help. It has an index also for Microeconomics as well as Macroeconomics. Original news source

3 days ago · All Upcoming Stories · newskicks.com/Upcoming/All by robbybecon

A primer into the economic theory of incentives and preferences in the context of charity and foreign aid in developing countries As ever, I’m indebted to lightcapsule for all the help and encouragement It’s July 2005, and winter in Cape Town. For residents taking a taxi back to their homes in Vyrgo ...

7 days ago · pratiksrandomwalk · pratiksrandomwalk.blogspot.com by Pratik Dattani ()

Here is an excellent lecture by Richard Mckenzie at U.C. Irvine. You can view his other lectures by going to his YouTube site.

7 days ago · Javanomics · javanomics.blogspot.com by Javaman () 1 reference

Had my first couple of microeconomics classes last weekend. Interesting view point on the Auto wale Bhaiyas Well, all of us have heard atleast one story of a good Samaritan cab driver in Dubai/Japan/US who waved off some waiting charge or gave a discount or some such and look at the auto wallahs in ...

11 days ago · just a thot · jstathot.blogspot.com by Epiphany () 1 reference

This post is inspired by every blog post, newspaper article, peer reviewed journal, nonprofit organization, website, message board post, speech, coalition, informal conversation, formal debate, radio show, expose, and TV news hour that advocates or opposes an education policy. The issues of opportun ...

15 days ago · An (aspiring) Educator's Blog · educatorblog.wordpress.com by educatorblog 15 references

Financial Times reports that Mexican government decided to impose food price controls in response to an increase in food prices. It will be interesting to see the situation when the laws of supply and demand take place. Rok Spruk is a supply-side economist and a libertarian. He (currently) lives in ...

16 days ago · Capitalism & Freedom · rspruk.blogspot.com by Rok Spruk () 13 references

Over at Anti-dismal Paul Walker points at a paper on Pigovian taxes by J ohn VC Nye from George Mason university. In this paper Dr Nye makes the following point: A claim about the optimal Pigou tax is a joint claim about the size of the externality and about the optimality of observed outcomes, not ...

18 days ago · The visible hand in economics · tvhe.wordpress.com by Matt Nolan 22 references

what's wrong with you? here i am freaking out about my grade. i desperately need this A. i know i'm not going to die, but why couldn't you post the grade on ecompanion. that way i would have known by now my grade. i'd be pissed or estatic. but i would know. but NOOOOOO i should be getting ready for ...

18 days ago · The Irony of Ercely · ercely.livejournal.com by batman freak