Posts tagged “Economists”

Ms. Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, also of the Wharton School, gave a friend $150 to hire movers instead of helping him themselves. Harvard University economist David Laibson pays to have a driver pick up his sister from the airport rather than driving himself.

Secrets of the Economist’s Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank - WSJ.com

Hilarious again. Time is money. Time is opportunity.

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Jan 6 2010

Alan Blinder has said that he wouldn’t trust an economist who mowed his own lawn, because it reveals that they don’t believe deeply in the principle of comparative advantage. And what goes for mowing your lawn surely holds equally for trimming the tree.

Tags: Economists