pull down to refresh

Like all economists, I'm fascinated by cheating

reply
66 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 24 May

I took one economics class, and all I remember from it is the Nash equilibrium and that economists seem to be really scared of math.

If they’d introduced economics like that, I would’ve taken more classes.

reply
If they’d introduced economics like that, I would’ve taken more classes.

That's why there were enrollment surges after Freakonomics came out

reply
51 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 24 May

Oh, looks interesting! Did you read it? Would you recommend it?

reply

Yes and yes

reply
60 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 24 May

Ok, now I might finish Denial of Death so I can start reading this book

reply

It's a pretty light read

reply

a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for

reply

One of my math professors would always tell us after exams that C's mean you didn't study enough and B's mean you didn't cheat enough.

reply