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Sooo…I have a bit of a confession to make- I’ve established a bit of a cottage industry tutoring students in the course I taught while I was in grad school. Not gonna lie, it’s pretty nice to be seen as an advocate as opposed to the thing between the student and the grade that the student wants, in part because students are more willing to admit what they find confusing to me than to their “real” instructors. As a related project, I figured it would make sense to create videos for the items...

So I’m not entirely clear on what The Onion is making fun of here, but I have a couple hypotheses: 1. (more obvious) If polls are to be believed, the economy immediately improved once Trump got elected. Yes, this seems absurd if taken literally, but I guess this is what the concept of “animal spirits” is supposed to be all about. If enough people believe that Trump will be good for the economy and act accordingly, it kind of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But it still doesn’t happen...

Rivalry in consumption: the degree to which one person consuming a good makes it more difficult for another person to fully consume the same unit of the goodUsage: A good generally exhibits high or low rivalry in consumption.Examples: A fireworks display exhibits low rivalry in consumption. An ice cream cone exhibits high rivalry in consumption. (Alternate phrasing: An ice-cream cone exhibits rivalry in consumption.)See also:THIS VIDEO IS SACRED… ? pic.twitter.com/o7ivZtJf8x— Life on...

By James Kwak If you teach introductory economics or introductory micro, at either the high school or university level, and you’re interested in possibly using Economism in your class, let me know and I’ll send you a (free) review copy. Just email me at [email protected] from your school account, tell me what class you are thinking of assigning the book to, and let me know your shipping address, and I’ll order a copy for you.* Quick summary: The central theme of Economism is that some...

By James Kwak If you teach introductory economics or introductory micro, at either the high school or university level, and you’re interested in possibly using Economism in your class, let me know and I’ll send you a (free) review copy. Just email me at [email protected] from your school account, tell me what class you are thinking of assigning the book to, and let me know your shipping address, and I’ll order a copy for you.* Quick summary: The central theme of Economism is that some...

It’s back to school time, so I’ve been pondering what might be helpful for students. In particular, I’ve becomine sort of obsessed withthe distinctions among “price floors,” “quantity ceilings,” and “price supports,” especially since we’ve seen a few (misguided?) examples of each as of late. So here is what you need to know about price supports in order to ponder their potential reasonableness.