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Surveys, Assumptions and Understanding Housing Supply
A Financial Times opinion piece discusses research claiming that people do not understand how housing supply impacts prices. But is that true?
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Oct 14
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Repeat After Me: Build Houses, But Use Good Economics
A Financial Times opinion piece addresses housing supply issues, but uses bad economics. Let’s correct that.
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Oct 13
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Survivorship Bias and Opinions
Many of our opinions are formed based on our personal experiences. That’s natural, but we are subconsciously influenced by survivorship bias.
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Sep 24
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Good Models – Good Ideas
To think about economics issues, it is helpful to use good models. But what makes a model ‘good’?
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Jul 30
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The Work from Home Illusion: Is It?
Work from Home is receiving significant media push back due to several recent studies. But the conclusion The Economist magazine drew from them is…
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Jul 16
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Probabilities in Medicine and More
Many things in life are rife with probabilities. In the context of medicine, they can be especially deceiving.
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Jun 19
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Recession Talk
There's been a lot of chatter about recession lately. Why is there so much focus on it, when the economy is actually growing.
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May 21
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Marriage Preferences and Gender Outcomes
With the onset of spring, come weddings – how does partner preference impact behavior and long-run career outcome?
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Mar 27
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When Free Trade isn’t Free
In his State of the Union address, President Biden underscored the need to “Buy American” – is this a good policy?
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Feb 21
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High Profile Layoffs
Recently we heard a lot about high profile layoffs – how does this impact the economy, individuals and firms?
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Feb 14
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The usefulness of the GDP measure
We hear a lot about GDP - but what exactly is it and should we pay much attention to it?
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Feb 8
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Government Debt - Should we worry about it?
Sovereign debt is in the news again, as the US negotiates raising its debt ceiling. Is sovereign debt something we should worry about?
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Jan 24
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