From Petsy Pies Cafe working: Why do people work on cafes? Does consumption increase productivity or is it concentration spillover effects?

As an economist I believe in technology as a mean to increase productivity.

Blogaboutnothing.net is expanding its horizon to the Twitter world through http://twitter.com/tweetabtnothing. This will allow me to be more productive in the blogging business!

Tweets will appear in the blog, but don’t be scared about your mailboxes filling up – you won’t receive [...]

These New Yorkean couples decided to marry together in the same place using the same limo the same day…

These guys really know about economics.

… you should watch the movie!

As the narrator says: “The magnificent book of humanity is now a film!”. Here is the trailer:

PS: Based on a true story…

Happy new year everybody! Here is what we all were expecting: Jib Jab’s review of 2009… enjoy!

I’m not opposed to trade between countries and globalization in general. Not only because I think the world could only benefit from it in the long run, but also because it is a inevitable process.

However, I understand that in the short run, the dynamics of the world can generate losers in this process. Classical trade [...]

Some marketing strategies for the big of hamburgers…

The kind of things you can learn in the Internet nowadays…

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/03/dany-bahar-appointed-as-new-lotus-ceo/

Sometimes, even if you are a great economist, you might want to take some advice:

http://aidwatchers.com/2009/11/african-leaders-advise-bono-on-reform-of-u2/

An advertisement for Multigrain Cheerios Cereal says: “Studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights”.

Well, very clever. Who said that this is causal? This is what we call endogeneity. It is impossible to know what causes what. Usually, people who buy multi-grain cereals are healthier and [...]