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The Austrian Economists (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
|Peter Boettke| Steve Horwitz is in town tonight and will guest lecture in my PhD course on Austrian Economics . We will be discussing the financial crisis and the relevance of Austrian economics for understanding our contemporary policy dilemmas. Over at Marginal Revolution , Alex Tabarrok makes the case for Irving Fisher as an under-rated economic thinker, and points to his debt-deflation...
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Montclair Socioblog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
November 25, 2009 Posted by Jay Livingston Let a group of kids trade their candy bars – the “I’ll swap you three Krackles for a two Milky Ways” sort of thing – and you’ll wind up with an allocation that, on the whole, has greater value. That’s the gist of a Marginal Revolution post by Alex Tabarrok. Now we know what Alex did with his leftover...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Alex Tabarrok writes: >Marginal Revolution: Sweet Trade: Here is a fun, easy and effective experiment that instructors can use to illustrate the gains from trade. The instructor puts chocolate bars ("fun-size") or other candy in bags, one bag for each student. (Alternatively, you can use the type of small items that you can find at a dollar store. Filling the bags is where...
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Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... as much as you would question your nephew's business plan if he were to hit you up for a loan." — Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution "Good word of mouth is the best marketing money can't buy." — Muhammad Saleem, MuhammadSaleem.com "An idea by itself is almost worthless. It's how you execute that matters. Focus on execution." — Dane Carlson, Business Opportunities Weblog
