Economists Do It With Models: Follow Up: Be Careful With Those Commitment Devices...

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Follow Up: Be Careful With Those Commitment Devices...

A few days ago I posted about how announcing your goals or intentions can make you less likely to follow through. It seems like people haven't caught on to this concept, since in doing some marketing research I came upon the following site: http://www.43things.com/ The site's tagline is "List your... 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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