This weekend is annual American Economic Association conference, being held this year in Denver, Colorado. While I wish I could attend, I will be following updates throughout and will be sure to link to anything interesting I find! If you’re…
Tonight I stumbled upon the website of Yoram Bauman, “the world’s first and only stand-up economist”. Pretty funny stuff! Check out one of his videos below:
Mercantilism in the 18th century is one of the earliest systems of economic thought. Mercantilists were businessmen who were involved with domestic businesses and as such were protective of manufacturing and limited imports as much as possible, even going as…