For those interested in Behavioral Economics

Richard Thaler on Behavioral Economics and the Video of the Lecture

Reminder that Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in economics 2017.

Autonomous Vehicles? one view

Good blog post on AVs

The Fed, Interest Rates, Inflation and Unemployment

Post from the Dangerous Economist on Inflation and Unemployment - Philips Curve anyone??

Bangladesh reaches Middle Income Status

Blog post from Timothy Taylor who has an Economics Blog reporting that Bangladesh has moved from Low Income to Middle Income status. Interesting article for Development Economics.

What money can't buy

Maybe more Philosophy than Economics? Introduces some difficult questions and so is worth a look.

Link to blog post.

Making things more expensive for the poor will help them get out of poverty.

If the above headline does not seem to make sense read this article in the Guardian about a proposed change in US policy. Though I will warn you now it still does not make sense unless you assume that people are choosing to be poor and that they have other options.

Teaching and Long Term Planning

Article from the Guardian.

Wrting Exams in Summer is not a good idea

Article from the Guardian.

Delayed Gratification and the Marshmallow Test

Remember that Marshmallow test showing delayed gratification? Well it does not really predict success after all. Article from the Guardian.This has been disproved before and as usual socioeconomic status and parents education have far more impact.

Trade and Tariffs

Good article on CBC about the most recent US tariffs and the issues.