Thursday, July 23, 2015

Some random stuff

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Did heights actually decline during the industrial revolution in the United States? Probably not. New website about research on bank...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

How are prices determined? The case of statistical consultants

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How are prices determined? AnnMaria De Mars offers advice to statisticians on how to price their services. It comes down to this   “...
Friday, June 19, 2015

How much are auto workers paid in Mexico?

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The Washington Post reports that “The Center for Automotive Research, a Michigan-based think tank, found that in salaries and benefits,...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

I really don't get Richard Thaler

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I was listening to Here and Now yesterday and there was a discussion with Dan Gilbert and Richard Thaler about Thaler’s new book. In the ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The Panic of 1907 and the Analysis of Financial Crises

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I started to research the Panic of 1907 late in 2009. I came to the topic by a rather circuitous route. While working on my dissertation...

Stoller on Goffman and Ethnography

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Paul Stoller examines the Goffman controversy and the future of ethnography. He recognizes that there are really two different sorts of...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Mostly economic history

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Geoffrey Jones on the role of history in business . Did people in the U.S. actually get shorter during the Industrial Revolution? May...
Monday, June 8, 2015

What is a rational choice?

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  Many people know that economists use models of rational choice. But what does that mean? Ruth Marcus explains to her readers that,...