And people say Economics is boring!

[bicentennial_baby]

I'm re-reading "A Woman's Place is at the Typewriter: The Feminization of the Clerical Labor Force"

Actually, it's a fascinating piece, from Radical America, circa 1974.

And did you know that Mark Twain called the typewriter a "curiosity breeding little joker"?! :D

[Shakespeare]

1. I thought of you yesterday at the book festival - panel on the economy

It was actually scary as hell--Kevin Phillips was part of the panel, and talking about his new book Mad Money. He was pretty much the scariest guy at the festival, because his predictions are almost always right. :scared:

The panel also got into a discussion on behavior economics--you'd have loved it!

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Oooh, I wonder if I can find it on CSPAN online...

WANT!!

I have one of his books, American Dynasty, about BushCo. I'll have to check the new one out!

What were they talking about re: behavioral econ? I'm always on teh cutting edge :P

[Shakespeare]

3. They almost always replay the panels over the next few weekends on BookTV.

In fact, the CSPAN camera guy was about two feet away from me at that particular panel, so I know they taped it. Phillips also has a new article called "Numbers Racket" in the latest edition of Harpers (they mentioned that yesterday when they introduced him).

Michael Schermer (also on the panel, and publisher of Skeptic magazine) and Phillips did the most talking back and forth about behavioral economics, mostly in terms of how it's helped get us into this current mess, and why people aren't getting how bad it potentially could get.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Yummo....Behavioral Econ...

Risk analysis, irrational decision making, and all that jazz. I gets me hot. :rofl:

I just ordered the book. I'm such an Amazon.com whore. :rofl:

[Karenina]

5. See: "Hormones Tied to Traders' Deal-Making, Study Finds"

Washington Post, by Rob Stein (21 Apr)

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Oh, I saw a snippet of this the other day...thank you!!

As always, m'dear... :yourock:

:loveya:

[skygazer]

7. You crack me up

:rofl:

Economics makes absolutely no sense to me - makes my brain hurt. But I can bore a room to tears talking about history. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

8. It's really not like that!

We're not all finance, interest rates, and graphs! I mean, some of us are, but there's a wild world of Econ out there! I was just brainstorming an essay for incoming Econ majors titled "What is Economics?"...Yes, this is what I do in my free time, between essay writing. :rofl:

I <3 history. :9

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. I'm sorry, did you say something?

I saw the word "Economics" and fell asleep. :evilgrin: :crazy: :silly:

[bicentennial_baby]

10. that's it...I'm renaming the entire field, right now...

Henceforth, Economics shall now be known as "Super Fun Money Time"

:D

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. Wooohoo!

Sounds exciting! :rofl:

[HeresyLives]

12. 'History is written in the ledger books'

They are one and the same.

[TZ]

13. Well lets put it this way....

I took a course in French Existential Literature in order to avoid taking any kind of economics course....;)

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Ha! I read French Existential Lit for fun!

And I wish I was kidding!! :rofl:

Seriously, I have a copy of La Peste by Camus on my coffee table right now, en Francais. :rofl: