Economists Do It With Models: Frasier Understands The Multiplier Concept...

By econgirl - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Business & Investing

Monday, June 8, 2009

Frasier Understands The Multiplier Concept...

We've been hearing a lot lately about how government spending is supposedly going to get us out of a recession. I'll leave the value judgments for the end and start with the reasoning. The reason that spending is attractive is because there is a theoretical multiplier effect on Gross Domestic... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by econgirl at 7:34 AM | add or view comments (0) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

About this Blog

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.

Recent Entries

Previous: Economies of Scale In Real Estate, Girl Style... - New Entries - Next: I Can't Afford To Save Money At Costco...

Headlines (What is this?)