Tyler asks, " What is the most ridiculous thing someone has ever tried to convince you of? " It's rather more fun to ask, ...

Via a tweet from the Productivity Commission , I find a new NZ economics blog! I don't know who Donal is, but he's doing good work. ...

College degrees vary pretty greatly in expected post-tertiary earnings. Some provide a lot of ephemeral benefits, others provide higher earn...

Three more for the "underlying factors cause most observed correlations" files. Item the first:  Limited numerical ability predi...

Should we blame fast food outlets for obesity? Canterbury student Alice Robertson thinks so . The University's press release on her in...

Will Wilkinson and Scott Adams provide nice arguments in favour of legalising polygamy. Wilkinson draws a rather useful parallel with dr...

Rules of etiquette often seem designed to be inefficient. The point of the European "tines down" fork rule seems to be to hobble t...