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The Economics of Fitness - Final Results
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:41:00 +0800
The fitness results from my physical are in. In The Economics of Fitness - Final Results I discuss:
How well this method works
A possible new book!
Also I would once again...
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Oil Prices and Small Car Sales
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:33:00 +0800
With 2008's high oil prices, small cars are just flying off dealer's lots:
Used economy cars that once could be difficult for dealers to move -- the Ford Focus and Chevrolet...
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Thoughts on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:26:00 +0800
A few readers have e-mailed me wondering what my take on the current situation is. I guess because everyone else in the economics blogosphere has weighed in (see here,...
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The Economics Way of Fitness - The Final Month
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:32:00 +0800
In My $1200 Weight-Loss Gamble I described how I planned to use my own advice from How Economics Can Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions. For the month...
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Oil Prices and Aircraft Sales
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:49:00 +0800
One thing that has always fascinated me about economics is how interconnected the demand for one product is with changes in various market conditions - something I discuss in How...
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Do Economic Papers Contain So Many Mistakes Because Economics is not a Science?
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:38:00 +0800
David Chester thinks I missed the mark in my How Many Citations Are Fawlty in the Average Economics Paper?. His comment starts:
In common with many economic writings you have...
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How Good Intentions Lead to Crushing Marginal Tax Rates on the Working Poor
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:40:00 +0800
The title explains it all: How Good Intentions Lead to Crushing Marginal Tax Rates on the Working Poor.
I figure between my support for Pigovian taxation (and pollution reduction in general)...
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I Wonder if George Mason's Economic Department Needs a Pigovian...
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:27:00 +0800
My wife informs me that she is applying for this position at George Mason. She asked me (quite sincerely) if I thought I would be able to get a...
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How Many Citations Are Fawlty in the Average Economics Paper?
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:36:00 +0800
My advisor recently sent me a terrific paper - The Ombudsman: Verification of Citations: Fawlty Towers of Knowledge?. A PDF of the full paper is available here. Some...
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Oil Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:43:00 +0800
I should alert Greg Mankiw to an article in today's National Post. From The Upside of $200 Oil:
Stepping gingerly towards the crystal ball, one could also say that there...
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