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So Maybe Them Dang Foreigners ... 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
... aren't taking our jobs after all. To wit--the abstract of a new paper by Dennis Coates and T.H. Gindling: In the 1990s, rural counties in the United States, which had been losing population, becam...
Just an observation... 26 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
In test banks for principles economics textbooks, there are always questions about opportunity cost that ask students to determine the largest cost of attending college. The choices are usually things...
I Think We May Now Know Why Plants Crave Electrolytes 21 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
A news headline: Finally...a beer that won't give you a hangover! Researchers create brew which contains electrolytes to ensure drinkers do not become dehydrated P.S. This movie clip will explain the ...
One reason college costs may be rising 19 Aug 2013 | 08:54 pm
"Maryland university buying bulletproof whiteboards" [A] Maryland company that makes bulletproof whiteboards has contracted with a university seeking to offer its professors greater protection in the ...
Compare and Contrast 15 Aug 2013 | 11:34 pm
A news headline: Obama wants to tack on $5-a-year phone tax ... A campaign promise (albeit one that's been broken several times already):...
"I don't want to be loved by an economics major" 15 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
That's a line in one of the winners in Fayetteville State U's music video contest. The video comes from a student at my alma mater Washington and Lee. I took calculus as a freshman in the room where i...
"Your raisins or your money" 14 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
NPR's Planet Money on a farmer being sued by the feds for selling too many raisins (thereby violating the government's raisin cartel marketing order). The Raisin Administrative Committee sounds like s...
“Capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid” 14 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
So says Bono in a speech at Georgetown U. (For an explanation of why aid doesn't work well, see Chris Coyne's new book.) Here's the clip (HT: David Theroux):...
What Kind of Thieves? 14 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
Quiche thieves in five-hour police seige...
Read the Fine Print 11 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
I have to admit, I rather enjoy this idea. Now, I am second to none in my respect for the sanctity of contracts. But it's perfectly true that banks do invoke their "rights" of contract rather freely. ...
