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"Economics and the mid-life crisis have much in common: Both dwell on foregone opportunities—A View from/of the Econochasm”
May 9, 2008, 1:05 am, 289307
Is it appropriate for the university to bar the tax authorities from receiving information about a student's class schedule?
I received the following notice from an associate dean a couple of days ago:
It has come to my attention that Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has approached an ...
May 7, 2008, 1:05 am, 287885
Along the Bay of Fundy, licenses for lobster fishing sell for about $750,000 for the right to set around 350 traps. Add to the price of a license, the costs of a boat, traps, etc., and it looks as if the financial investment in a lobster fishing business is around ...
May 2, 2008, 2:05 am, 285480
There continues to be flooding in and near Fredricton, New Brunswick, and along the St. John River. As I watched the CTV news about the floods, I was struck by the repetition of a scene we have observed so often:
Interviewer: Premier, what is the gubmnt doing to help people ...
April 29, 2008, 1:04 pm, 283780
As I have often said, economics can be summarized in four words:
People respond to incentives.
And it makes sense that back before these bridges became historical sites, if people didn't want others to ride their horses on the bridge, they would levy a fine.
April 28, 2008, 2:04 am, 282822
I recently read about a place called
Zenni Optical, where you can order eyeglasses for unbelievably low prices over the internet. How unbelievable? as low as $8 for a pair of prescription glasses including both the lenses AND the frames. The company appears to be based in California, but ...
April 25, 2008, 1:04 am, 281690
I have worn tri-focals for about a decade. My eyes aren't all that bad (I can pass the driving test without glasses), but they don't adjust to different distances all that well; hence the trifocals.
After my most recent eye examination, both my optometrist and Ms. Eclectic suggested ...
April 23, 2008, 4:04 am, 280281
What if it were covered by your health insurance plan?
From
Health Leaders Media (h/t to Acad Ronin):
South Carolina-based Companion Global Healthcare added three Singapore hospitals to its network. The deal now allows Americans access to medical and surgical services at ParkwayHealth operated hospitals at pre-negotiated, in-network ...
April 21, 2008, 8:04 am, 278993
About a month ago, I
mentioned that a student in my introductory economics class had sent me e-mail expressing concern because I frequently said insulting things about York University and the students there. She also objected to my spelling of gubmnt. I never met this student, and I also ...
April 18, 2008, 8:04 am, 278203
Quite frankly, with unemployment rates at or near 60-year lows in the US and Canada, it is hard for me to get worked up about the transfer of manufacturing output from North America to the Asian economies. It looks to me as if we are amazingly flexible and resilient, for ...
April 17, 2008, 7:04 am, 277530
I am not much of a coffee connoisseur. I cannot tell the difference between Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Horton's, or any other run-of-the-mill cafe's coffee. I can tell the difference between those standard coffees and the coffee from Starbucks, but I don't much care which I drink. I expect this lack ...
