Our economic news summary included climate talks and externalities, “missing women” and Asian marriage markets, seniors’ spending and manufacturing supply.
The behavioral economics ideas from our everyday economics are confirmation, expectations and projection bias, frames, temporal discounting and sunk costs.
With implications that extend beyond sports, believers in classical economics and in behavioral economics are debating whether players can have streaks.
Our Posts Roundup Sunday 12.07.14 Innovative potato stories…more Monday 12.08.14 The pregnant UPS lady who sued her boss…more Tuesday 12.09.14 Measuring inflation can be tough…more Wednesday 12.10.14 Why Congress creates economic uncertainty…more Thursday 12.11.14 The ways that…
Illustrated through word use and data selection in research, politically liberal and conservative economists display a tendency toward confirmation bias.
A controversial policy that dates back to 1938, the nominal federal minimum wage has increased from $.25 to $7.25 and is higher in many states and cities.
Our Monday Gender Issue: Teaching at a girls’ school, I continually run into the problem of modesty. My women know the answers and yet go to the board saying they might not be right. Now, an academic study from researchers…
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