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Jodi Beggs

Jodi Beggs

You Have Questions About Textbook Prices, I Have Answers…

So I saw the following tweet yesterday and thought it would be helpful to talk a little about textbooks…

Aug 28, 2018

Aug 28, 2018

Jodi Beggs

On the Revival of the “Quarterly Capitalism” Discussion

Ok, I’m a little late with this, but, um, he might kind of have a point…

Aug 22, 2018

Aug 22, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Here are the Victims of Insider Trading, Hope I Didn’t Keep You Waiting Too Long

The way 2018 is going, it should not shock you too much that we’ve gotten to the “a little insider trading never hurt anyone” phase of the…

Aug 14, 2018

Aug 14, 2018

Jodi Beggs

What The Brady Bunch Can Tell Us About Housing Market Dynamics

So I have a new dream purchase, since I learned this week that the Brady Bunch house is up for sale. I’m still kinda pissed that I missed…

Jul 25, 2018

What The Brady Bunch Can Tell Us About Housing Market Dynamics

Jul 25, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Wading Into the Minimum Wage Debate, Monopsony Edition

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but overall wage growth in the U.S. has been anemic lately, and minimum wages haven’t kept up with inflation…

Jul 11, 2018

Wading Into the Minimum Wage Debate, Monopsony Edition

Jul 11, 2018

Jodi Beggs

So Do We Still Have Unions Now or No? Economics Can (Sort of) Answer That!

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released a number of decisions, including one that can basically be summarized as follows:

Jun 29, 2018

Jun 29, 2018

Jodi Beggs

How Not to Sound Like an Idiot About the Trade Deficit, Part 1

Ok, we need to talk about the trade balance…not so much whether trade deficits are bad, since I fear that we’re not even ready for that…

Jun 20, 2018

Jun 20, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Not to alarm you, but here’s a headline that’s been popping up a bunch:

Anywhere? Are you sure? Because, not gonna lie, my backup plan for when I get sick of the world is to go take a minimum wage job and live…

Jun 14, 2018

Jun 14, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Why Did One Simple Jobs Tweet Arouse the Ire of Economists Everywhere?

So here’s a tweet that seems fairly uncontroversial on the surface…

Jun 1, 2018

Jun 1, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Dear Workers: Actually, You’re Still Allowed to File Class-Action Lawsuits…Maybe

I’m seeing a lot of commentary along the following lines…

May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

Jodi Beggs

Jodi Beggs

economistsdoitwithmodels.com, Behavioral Economist, data scientist, We the Economy, Homer-Economicus. Not too old for figure skating.

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