Econoclastic

People respond to incentives. This economically poetic statement was the topic of my first Econ class lecture. As this blog is worth a grade in the aforementioned course, I was incentivized to create the very page you are currently reading because I desire an A. Funny how that works.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Class Summary 12/12/11

›
Profit and Losses Profit:  the difference between your total revenues and total cost--essentially, whatever is leftover Interest:  a pri...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Class Summary 12/9/11

›
Profit, Losses, and Entrepreneurs We know very little about private entrepreneurs even though many of them have done a lot to improve our...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Reading Analysis of 'The Sumptuary Manifesto'

›
What did you find interesting or uninteresting about the piece? Was there something that seemed intuitive or counterintuitive? Explain. One...

EWOT Goggles #14

›
The dining halls on campus, also known as the bane of my food consumption existence, have an interesting policy that I was recently made aw...

Class Summary 12/7/11

›
More on Taxation Because taxes cause a reduction in the quantity supplied, they don't generate the estimated or needed revenue that w...

Class Summary 12/5/11

›
Illegality and Taxation Making drugs illegal doesn't eradicate them, it just makes the supply curve steeper. This is because supplier...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Class Summary 12/2/11

›
Price Floors One of the most common price floors that we see is minimum wage. Policymakers who believe that raising minimum wage helps th...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Alexandra Streamer
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.