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Category: Just Because
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John kindly pointed out that the scumbags (technical term) at this high quality (sarcasm) 'news' aggregation site stole my post from last week with no attribution. Funnily enough when I just went to the site to find the url, the lead story is John's post from three hours ago! AND…if you go to their News…
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I seem to be on an explaining basic principles kick the last few days. I saw this story on CNBC this morning: The Dow Jones industrial average just did something it has never done in its 121-year history. The 30-stock average is now up more than 5,000 points in a year, marking its biggest annual-points gain ever.…
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I was an assistant professor at East Carolina University from 1995-2000. I have been on the faculty at Ohio State since 2000. In 2017, they are the #2 and #4 party schools in the country. Coincidence?
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No point to this post (like most of my posts) but I just found this amusing, and it's summer, and I like to use profanity, and I think Chris Christie embodies everything wrong with politics right now, and he doesn't care so why should I? Gov. Chris Christie’s trip to a closed state beach during…
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Hello, John Whitehead is happy to report that he is no longer a part-time academic administrator (i.e., Economics Department Chair). If your email is regarding department business, please redirect it to our new chair Todd Cherry at cherrytl at appstate.edu. John Whitehead is also happy to report that he is on Off-Campus Scholarly Assignment (i.e.,…
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From the Moment of Happiness Daily Quotation: “Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness, which is always founded upon a peculiar relish for all the little pleasures which common occurrences afford.” — Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments All of the little pleasures … for example, I think I just saw a video of…
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From the inbox: I just read your article in REEP with the survey of environmental economists. I look forward to using it in my class next term – I usually start class off with a survey of the students, and it will be fun now to compare their answers to those of the profession. Thanks…
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While sitting at home recovering from my recent neck surgery I had plenty of time to watch the NCAA Basketball Tournament (AKA March Madness, AKA Crap Shoot). To occupy some of my time I entered some of the big (free, non-gambling, for entertainment purposes only) online bracket challenges. The ESPN Mike and Mike tournament challenge…
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I know this isn't environmental, but it's policy related, and I find the health insurance policy debate interesting, and I think market-based policy can go a long way toward solving environmental issues and health care, and just because it's not environmental hasn't stopped us from posting about it before, and it's my blog and I'll…
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I'm not sure why we haven't thought of this before, but we need a category for just plain odd statements from politicians/policy makers. Thankfully, George W. Bush** has given us the perfect title for the category: Former President George W. Bush reportedly thought President Trump's inauguration speech "was some weird shit." Bush attended Trump's inauguration, sitting…
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