Economics for the Intelligent Amateur

If you look to the right of this article, you will see our “Chatter Box”. These are random updates (brought to you by Twitter) we share with you to alleviate your lives during these hard economic times by means of discounts and sales at various stores. These are all verified legitimate stores with [...]

Most Economists, when asked, will have an idea of how we should proceed to get through this financial crisis and finish up on top (though these views will vary greatly from economist to economist). Most Politicians, on the other hand, will have reasons why each one cannot work. They will, however, pick and [...]

To talk about the Wisdom of Crowds sometimes seems like wasted energy. Despite its validity, when people think about crowds they tend to think of unruly groups of people counting on anonymity to resort to mob behavior, and the whole concept becomes a tough sell. Of course, the Wisdom of Crowds (and Dumb [...]

For those of you who like a good deal, we’d like to point out Visa’s Online Discount Shopping site. We like it for several reasons:

Since they’re all through Visa you can be sure they’re legit, and
You don’t need to book with your Visa card, or even own a Visa card, to get these discounts.

We also [...]

Patricia Marx has an insightful article in the New Yorker (free registration may be required) about the availability of “Made in the USA” goods, or lack thereof.
Our favorite line:
However, at Dave’s New York a pair of Levi’s boot-cuts hails from Cambodia and a pair of Carhartt jeans was assembled in Mexico “with U.S. components”. “It’s [...]