Using Cognitive Load Theory in Teaching

A good post about using Cognitive Load Theory in teaching

Economists Guide to Christmas

Another well written article from Tim Harford on "The Economists Guide to Christmas"

Some other related seasonal sites

Christmas Price Index - good example of a weighted price index

Christmas Economics - New York Times

What a business dreams of: Price discrimination and no perfect competition.

A good blog by Tim Harford here. Especially relevant for Monopolistic Competition, Oligopolies and Monopolies. Also relevant for Price Discrimination.

The fall in Global Poverty

A good news story that often seems to be ignored or overlooked is the drastic fall in global poverty over the last few decades. The percentage of people living in poverty has never been so low.
Read the article here.

Canada's Federal Carbon Tax

The Federal Government introduced their Carbon Tax today. See article here.

Remittances and Growth

One would think that the extra money sent to many countries in the form of remittances would have a positive effect on their economies. Maybe not as this article discusses.

Survivourship Bias

An interesting post from David Didau. Worth reading from the math, economics and education viewpoint.