Category Archives: Economics 101

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Why Economics is (and is not) Like a Movie

If you’re like me, you have to shut down your brain when you watch movies or else you’ll figure out the ending way too soon and it will ruin everything. …

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Thinking About Money

I’ve read things in my lifetime. From Harry Potter (I’m not a fan) to Ibsen (also not a fan) to a bunch of books I really like in between. Whenever …

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30-Second Economics (A Review)

So I’m at the Barnes & Noble feeling snotty, drinking some tea from a company I’ve never heard of with a name that evokes images of an English countryside and …

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Finite Math

Originally Posted January 21, 2011 The basis for business math comes in the form of Finite Math. Mostly algebra based with some geometry thrown in for good measure, I’m on …

Intro Classes Seem Easy

From what I can tell, my intro classes for Microeconomics and Macroeconomics look pretty easy. We won’t have to draw any graphs, because our job in this class is to …

From Classrooms to Podcasts

The main reason for creating this blog is twofold: In writing about my economics journey, I will understand it better. Everyone knows that it reinforces learning to explain or teach …