Plain Sense Economics

From NPR’s All Things Considered today:
At Ohio’s Oberlin College, registration in undergrad economics classes is up 25 percent this year, and the chair of the department says he’s never seen anything like it. Host Robert Smith finds a similar surge in the classrooms of American University and across the country. So is undergraduate economics getting [...]

President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address – January 20, 2009 – excerpt:
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control, [...]

left on the back chalk board at the end of spring term…

Meltdown turns nerdy economists into hottiesBy JAMES A. FUSSELLThe Kansas City Star23 Oct 2008In the past month Sarah Frazelle has grown unusually popular. People are calling, e-mailing, seeking her counsel. The reason for the sudden interest? Her master’s degree in economics. “I actually have friends who haven’t talked to me in years who are…read more…
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The Freakonomics blog (click the title of this post for a link to the specific article) recently ran a contest for economics haiku. The six finalists were:
No. 1, posted by Tim:
Demand curve slopes downBecause the more cake I eat,The less cake I want.

No. 2, posted by Calum:
A friend and I, jailed;We agreed to [...]

Via Greg Mankiw’s blog, is this link to an article in the Harvard Crimson – speculating on the reason that economics is the most popular major there. See article.