I’ve been in China since Thursday evening. I generally do okay, not great, with jet lag because I can sleep on planes, but I always thought it would be great to avoid entirely. This spring, I read about a new approach: a fast. The idea is that you skip eating for 12 to 16 hours… [Read More]
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Why I Love Google Translate
Google Translate makes investing in international markets, emerging or otherwise, easier than ever. If you are looking at a company website or a foreign-language news source, you can copy the URL, go to Google Translate and paste it in the box, set the source and translation language, and bingo! You have a reasonable translation of… [Read More]
Two Fun Classroom Experiments
I like to work some in-class exercises into my courses for two reasons: they help students think of material in a new way while breaking up the monotony of a lecture course. There are several of these online and in a journal called The Journal of Economics Education. I’m always looking for something new and… [Read More]
Paying for College: The Cost of Textbooks
Most new college students are stunned by the cost of textbooks. I know that when I arrived on campus, back in the olden days, I was thinking that a textbook would cost $15 or $20 – you know, like a good hardcover at a regular bookstore. And I was sure I could get them even… [Read More]
A Low-Cost Way to Help Families
Like almost every woman with a college degree, I read Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article on women, families, and careers. I agree with a lot of it, too. One part jumped out at me, in part because I was thinking of writing a blog post about it anyway: Sandberg thinks that “something” is an “ambition gap”—that women… [Read More]
