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Economic Catastrophes
If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Rochester Thursday evening at 5PM (that is, November 9, which is likely to be the date on which you’re reading this), please drop by Meliora 203 for a...
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Pandemic Policy
If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Rochester this Thursday (November 16), check this out:
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How I Spent My Saturday — A Geeky Puzzle
I feel like I should record this, on the off-chance that it will save someone else from spending 18 hours glued to a computer screen missing the obvious. It will be of very limited interest. Actually,...
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How to Organize a Waiting Line
I am just back from the G4G conference in Atlanta, where I gave a six-minute talk on how to organize a waiting line. The video of the actual talk will appear on the web eventually, but in the meantime,...
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Lead Exposure and Criminal Behavior
If you’re in the vicinity of the University of Rochester this Tuesday, please join us: Title: Lead Exposure and Crime Presenter: Kevin Schnepel on 3/19 at 5pm in Goergen 101 Description: Early-life...
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Specialized Markets
The death last week of the pathbreaking comic book artist Trina Robbins reminded me of an odd bit of history. Before she was a cartoonist, Robbins owned and operated a Lower East Side boutique called...
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The Tenth Time’s A Charm
I am delighted to announce that the 10th edition of my textbook, Price Theory and Applications, is now available wherever good books are sold. There’s also a free sample chapter. Here’s what’s special...
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Abortion and Public Policy
My essay on abortion and public policy has appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of the Independent Review, where it will gestate for nine months behind a paywall. In the meantime, here is a late draft,...
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The Next Democratic President
The Democrats keep telling us that Donald Trump poses a unique threat to democracy and global stability, so that even if you are disagree with almost all of their policies, you should still vote for...
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The Next Trump Cabinet
Here is a headline from this morning’s New York Times: Over the course of the day, I’ve heard three different radio commenters riffing on this theme, mocking the former president for not realizing that...
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Degrees of Delusion
No matter how this election turns out, the next president of the United States will be a crackpot. Donald Trump thinks you can fight Covid with bleach injections. Kamala Harris thinks you can fight...
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Harris’s 1922 Paths to Victory
Here’s what I want on election night: A complete list of all Harris’s paths to victory and a complete list of all Trump’s paths. Then as each path becomes impossible, I can cross it off and see...
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Is This Too Cryptic?
Now the physicists know what it was like to be an economist in 1978. Click here to comment or read others’ comments.
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Ben Powell!
If you are in the vicinity of the University of Rochester tomorrow, please join us!
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Jamie Whyte!
If you are in the vicinity of the University of Rochester on Thursday, please join us.
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Price Theory and Applications — Errata
The 10th edition of Price Theory and Applications has been out for several months now, and so far I’m aware of just one cluster of errors. [Of course zero would have been much better]. You can find...
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Specialists
I have a doctor I really like, partly because he is interested in many things and likes to talk about them and partly because most of that talk is insightful, thought-provoking and occasionally...
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