With no major meltdowns in the financial markets in the last couple weeks, I have been trying to catch up on other things. Trying.
But here are a couple of things that caught my attention lately.
Tim Schilling writes a nice essay on the economic way of thinking about Romeo and Juliet. This post is just about Act I. Looking forward to the rest.
Professors who teach principles of micro... bookmark these articles for the next time you do supply and demand. Both the NY Times and WSJ describe how farmers will be planting less corn and more soybeans this year. Cost increases and relative price changes are the reasons given. The exam questions practically write themselves.
Sticking with the agricultural theme, this article on the lack of convergence in futures and spot prices is beyond the principles level. Give it to your grad students.
Give this one to your students who are going on the market soon. The FDIC is hiring. No need to guess why.
David Tufte links to this interview with Ed Begley Jr. At about the same time that this came out, Begley visited WIU and gave the same message.
It's a busy week ahead. The final push to the end of the semester is about to begin.
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