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Anthony Rizzo's Call Up: Was the Timing a Good Signal for Cubs Fans?
The man that many consider the Cubs top prospect, slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, made his Cubs debut Tuesday against the Mets. Prior to that, he had spent the entire ... -
Herald Staff Names the Worst Students on the Wisconsin-Madison Campus
The Badger Herald has named the names of the worst people on the University of Wisconsin. Seems that these people had the audacity to engage in arbitrage of Wisconsin Badger ... -
Paul Samuelson Dead at 94
This is not sports-related, but it's certainly economics-related. Paul Samuelson, the great liberal economist and Nobel laureate, has passed away at the age of 94. Economist Paul Samuelson, who won ... -
An Application of the Backwards Bending Supply Curve
The law of supply says that when the price of a good rises, all else equal, the quantity supplied of that good also rises. Applied to labor markets, the more ... -
Call for Papers - Missouri Valley Economics Association Conference
Michael Davis and I are arranging North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) – affiliated sports economics sessions for the 2015 Missouri Valley Economic Association (MVEA) conference in Kansas City, Mo. ... -
Rinkonomics, Ultimate Frisbeeconomics, and Spontaneous Order
Can sports be played without referees? Can life be lived without "referees?" Ultimate Frisbee is often played without officials, but why not other, more high-stakes sports. These are some of ... -
Disney Has a Near-Monopoly on Bowl Games This Year.
Does it seem that almost every bowl game is on ESPN? That's because almost every bowl game *is* on ESPN. There are 35 bowl games. 32 will be on an ... -
Deadline Extended: NAASE Sessions at the MVEA Annual Meeting in Memphis
The deadline for proposals for NAASE sessions at this year's MVEA annual meeting in Memphis has been extended to August 10th, 2018. For more information, below is the content of ... -
Santa Anita Park and Racetrack Economics
Today is opening day at Santa Anita Park. Located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, the "Great Race Place" is one of the most beautiful sporting venues in ... -
RIP James Buchanan
Nobel laureate James Buchanan has died at the age of 93. Well known for his work on public choice, he also developed a model of clubs that can help us ... -
The Economic Development Circus
Credit Houston Chronicle Business Reporter Loren Steffy with coining a brilliant phrase, "the economic development circus", in a brilliantly perceptive piece starring the Astros, Rockets, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and ...
