Category Archives: Economics

Breaking the DVD Window

Posted on February 9, 2006 by sgreenla

“Breaking the DVD Window“(6.5 minutes) is another gem of a podcast from Slate.com. It provides a fascinating discussion of the future of media distribution, including movies, music and books. Current distribution schemes (Movies come out at the theatre and only … Continue reading →

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The Other Experiment

Posted on February 8, 2006 by sgreenla

Last semester I conducted three experiments with my teaching, only two of which (teaching metacognition in my intro class, using blogs as a window into my students research process) I have blogged about before. The third experiment resulted from the … Continue reading →

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Class Exercise Today

Posted on October 27, 2005 by sgreenla

Monday, I planned to take what in an earlier life was a homework assignment and turn it into an in-class exercise. I immediately ran into a problem of learning spaces–this is a hands-on activity that requires students to use computers … Continue reading →

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A Bar Conversation

Posted on October 26, 2005 by sgreenla

Over the weekend I attended the Fifth Annual Economics Teaching Workshop, this one called Targeting Economic Literacy in the Classroom. The workshop is sponsored by UNC-W and the University of Richmond, as well as McGraw-Hill/Irwin and Prentice Hall. It’s always … Continue reading →

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The Long Tail and Higher Education?

Posted on September 21, 2005 by sgreenla

I recently came across Chris Anderson’s economic theory of the long tail on an IT Conversations podcast. It is a fascinating and believeable hypothesis. The idea, like many good theories, is straightforward. Think of a market as distributed like a … Continue reading →

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Understanding the U.S. Trade Deficit

Posted on June 6, 2005 by sgreenla

In recent months a variety of commentators have questioned the sustainability of the U.S. trade deficit. There appear to be two points of view here: The first is that the U.S. has been spending in excess of its income for … Continue reading →

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