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Written By: The Homo Economicus on March 12, 2009 No Comment
Changing preferences…

Most of consumer’s theory in Economics is based on – guess what – consumption. How do people make their consumption decisions? What if the price of one good increases or if suddenly you have more income or an increase in your salary?

Of course, all these questions depend on one’s preferences. Each one of us have [...]

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Written By: The Homo Economicus on December 19, 2008 1 Comment

Let’s be honest. Many of us don’t do all what is in our hands to help the environment. Why? It is just another 5 minutes? We just need to separate paper and glass from the trash and put it in different containers, and then take the trash to the trash disposal, and the recyclable items [...]

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Written By: The Homo Economicus on December 6, 2008 No Comment

Some of the readers of my previous post about tolls efficiency have commented about a new policy in the I-95 Highway in Miami area that have more or less some similarities with my ideas about efficiency in tolls.

My loyal reader with the nickname “Anonymous” (I still don’t know if he choose that nickname or he [...]

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Written By: The Homo Economicus on December 1, 2008 1 Comment

Thanksgiving weekend is one of the most (if not the one) busiest travel weekend in the year in the United States. This is the main lesson I learned during the first Thanksgiving ever I spent in this country.

Together with my friend MR we drove from Providence to Philadelphia Wednesday night, before thanksgiving began. We hardly [...]

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