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Category Archive for 'Economics 108'

… for the “rules of economics” not to apply! How often have you heard things like, “during an emergency, the rules of economics don’t apply!”? Or, health care and the environment are too important for the rules of economics to apply. Economics just doesn’t belong here. If only! To suggest that the rules of economics […]

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When you sit through a Physics 101 course, you are taught fundamental laws of motion, particularly Newtownian mechanics. You are then assigned problems that may go something like: you jump naked off of the Freedom Tower, and there is no wind velocity in any direction. How long until impact? And then you go ahead and […]

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Going through all of the famous Feynman lectures may not be for you, though I do recommend many of them, but reading some of Feynman’s popular work is highly recommended as is learning a little bit more about him. I very much appreciated his comments to close his few years of teaching “Intro” physics at […]

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Black (Carbon) Friday Ponderance

Ponder this. Perhaps the best way to keep global fossil fuel consumption down now is for all nations to sign a global climate accord that promises they will do absolutely nothing about climate change over the next 100 years. Intro econ students should be able to explain why this strategy may prove more successful than current approaches, and for […]

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Today we sponsor a guest post from UR undergraduate student Zhenghao Li. I told him to write up a great question he asked me the other day about how it is that some people seem to hold inconsistent positions when it comes to valuing their time. I’ll withhold comments and give him the stage. I […]

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On a drive to Ontario Beach Park the other day, our transmission had a feeder tube break. We lost all of the tranny fluid, which when I kept driving it led to the complete wreckage of our transmission. Our car is in the shop now undergoing the construction of a brand new transmission. Total cost […]

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You have been reading an article from Coyote Blog that Professor Rizzo posted to a class website. Please email him indicating you have landed here, and who told you about this page. here, by the way, is the link that the post should have taken you to: https://www.healthcare.gov/small-businesses/employers/

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