From Weakonomi¢s
January 2, 2012 at 10:55 am
This blog lacks the editorial patience to determine what the best posts of the year were. However, we do have enough time to pull together a big list of other publisher’s ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 31, 2011 at 1:13 pm
So it’s New Year’s Eve and soon people will tell you to have a happy new year. The holiday is about new beginnings, out with the old and in with new. A chance to ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 30, 2011 at 12:15 pm
It’s called confirmation bias, and the most educated amongst us can’t help but bend to its laws. In fact, the more educated people are, the easier it is to find data ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 29, 2011 at 11:33 am
Germany builds 2 times as many cars as the United States does every year. Considering the relative size and populations of these countries that’s pretty impressive. But ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 28, 2011 at 11:30 am
Back in the 1970s some finance professors proposed an idea that has since shaped the very landscape of business. Basically, if the owner of a company also manages the company, ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 25, 2011 at 10:58 am
Insert popular news reference, mention all winter holidays, take a shot at consumerism, and remind everyone what holidays are all about without actually telling them. Merry Happy ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 24, 2011 at 12:34 pm
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
12 Republicans rambling
11 Obama staffers tweeting
10 Cops pepper spraying
9 Occupiers chanting
8 Percent unemployment
7 ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 23, 2011 at 11:29 am
Stop right there, you will not find any of these things under your chair. As we close this year I want to share the things about it I enjoyed the most. This isn’t so ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 22, 2011 at 11:13 am
A peaceful resolution to the Euro crisis: As of right now this is the biggest issue facing the developed world. As scary as this crisis might be, we’ve come a long way ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 21, 2011 at 10:51 am
The year is coming to a close and it’s time to look at some of the ideas that were either introduced this year or killed off. These are just a few that I could think of, ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 20, 2011 at 10:45 am
People who complain about 1st world problems without (once in a while) acknowledging that we are lucky to have 1st world problems: Look, you aren’t going to see me in Africa ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 3, 2011 at 11:45 am
When I was growing up I learned to respect the people in national government. They were public servants, doing the country a favor that involved some level of self-sacrifice. ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
December 2, 2011 at 11:27 am
Back when the Constitution was being drafted, interstate commerce was a really big deal. With the federal government being so small, power lived in the states. States established ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 29, 2011 at 11:27 am
How Much of a $100k Salary is Taxed Around the World: You could move to Europe and pay more taxes, or go to Russia and pay less. Or, America, you can maybe not complain so much. ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 26, 2011 at 10:30 am
Amazon.com is one of my favorite things in this world. Not only can I do my shopping in my underwear, but I don’t have to drive anywhere either. Amazon is of course not ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 25, 2011 at 11:17 am
The CEO of Zappos has famously explained why they don’t really do coupons and crazy deals. They don’t want to attract the customer that is only hunting for deals. ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 24, 2011 at 10:59 am
Good for reading while your spouse preps the food, and impressing people at the dinner table with your useless knowledge.
The economics of turkey: Do turkey prices go up around ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 23, 2011 at 11:15 am
Back in 2009 I gave readers a guide to turkey-day talk given the economic and political environment at the time. The list was pretty straightforward, don’t talk about these ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 18, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Sorry, but it may be a couple of days before I get another post up. Caught a nasty stomach bug and have been trying my hardest to spread it to the rest of the world.
Back in ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 16, 2011 at 11:15 am
Collecting stamps used to be coll (I think). Some collections are no doubt impressive, but they’ll become even more impressive next year if the United States Postal Service ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 14, 2011 at 10:10 am
The media was abuzz on Monday about this whole Congress getting to trade on insider information thing. 60 Minutes had a segment devoted to their investigation that ran on Sunday ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 14, 2011 at 9:49 am
Hopefully by now you’ve heard of the meltdown and bankruptcy of MF Global. MF Global was a commodity and futures broker (if you don’t know what that is don’t ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 12, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Here’s why I love Penn & Teller: they are afraid of nothing. They used to have a show on Showtime called “Bullshit!”. They debunked all kinds of ideas ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 11, 2011 at 11:08 am
Veteran’s Day has been unfortunately hijacked by retailers and bargain shoppers. Its original intent was to celebrate the end of WWI (Armistice Day), the bloodiest war ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
November 8, 2011 at 11:52 am
Business Management – 6%
General Business – 5.3%
Accounting – 5.4%
Nursing – 2.2%
Psychology – 6.1%
Marketing – 5.9%
Communications – ... (
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