Economists Do It With Models: My Research Might Be More Relevant Than I Thought...

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

My Research Might Be More Relevant Than I Thought...

Tyler Cowen, of Marginal Revolution fame, asks the following in his latest "Assorted Links" post: "Rewards for weight loss don't work; would penalties for failure do better?" Tyler is referencing an NBER Working Paper with the following abstract: Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980.... Sign in to see full entry.

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I think a quote from a conversation I had with a friend says it best: Peter: So, you want to combine urbane cultural discourse with economics and social criticism in a witty, mature, interesting way that people will read and pay you for? Jodi: Correct. (You can tell which of us here is actually trained in writing. I will also admit that not all of my jokes are of the mature variety.) Because hey, who doesn’t want to do it with models? Seriously though…my original blog grew out of a need to address student questions that were of economic relevance but somewhat outside the scope of an “Economics 101″ type course. Since then, my postings have gotten more broad and less technical in order to appeal to a wider audience.

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