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Category Archive: Cartoons
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Dec
25
2011
Economists: Born or trained
Although that is an interesting title, I’m not actually going to talk about anything interesting. Instead, Merry Christmas everyone – and here is a cartoon from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (again): (ht SMBC)
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Nov
08
2011
On the irrelevance of sunk costs…
… and the difficulty humans have recognising them. Click through to xkcd for the, very worthwhile, rollover text.
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Oct
04
2011
Perverse incentives
I’m a touch busy trying to keep up with Europe, given how things seem to be a little bit on the unpleasant side. As a result, here is a cartoon from XKCD. Source (XKCD)
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Sep
30
2011
Why economists are so popular
(Via SMBC) Come on, revealed preferences are all you need. There is no way we’re going to make our own explicit value judgments!
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Aug
12
2011
Is it wrong that …
… the first time any concern popped into my head while reading this cartoon was when, half way through, I suddenly thought “where is the demand curve”? He shows that supply rises as price rises – and that is great. And given that the marginal cost is zero, this would give pretty awesome profits. However, …
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