Why study economics?

Well, for one thing, to become a stronger earner than students in many other disciplines, as Alex Tabarrok tells us…

Font fight

There’s a reason for the Times/Times New Roman 12-point specification. Read on…

That vs. which

Here‘s a video that (not which) explains the workings of restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses.

Stranded…

An economic concept glimmers in this bleak story about the collapse of a travel company. Can you find it?

Recession

Since our first assignment concerned the definition of a recession, this piece might be of interest…

Splices and run-ons

Don’t commit comma splices or run-on sentences, you’ll regret it.

Publish tax returns?

An argument in the affirmative, with numerous economic concepts drawn on to support the case.

Scale

A useful social media meme that’s going around is worth holding in mind, and it concerns the difference between a million and a billion. A million seconds is a bit shy of 12 days. A billion seconds is a bit shy of 32 years. Scale!

Amazon and taxes

In (on the edges) re the matter of our last assignment, this from Tyler Cowen, a leading (not entirely but generally) libertarian economist, always worth your attention…

An unstated concept

The takeaway from this consumer-oriented newspaper piece falls neatly under the umbrella of a single economic concept. What is it?