‘Economics’ Archives
LEAVE TAXES TO THE SCIENTISTS
MISTERScienceAintSoBad doesn't write about economics much. It is a science. But nobody seems to BELIEVE it. So I get dirty looks when I write about it. Still. Economics has its uses. Right now the US economy's suffering from serious butt-drag as it recovers (Please ScienceGod) from the recession. So, naturally, some want to stimulate things a [...]
Financial Aid For Hearing Aids (and don’t YELL at me!)
Hearing Aid Help You're right. Science Ain't So Bad is a blog about science. And technology. And where you find the bucks to pay for hearing aids isn't the big research issue of the century. But I'm the writer guy and I get to decide. And DAMN this is a good thing to tell people about. So don't yell at me. I [...]
Disgruntled Burglars Quitting The Trade. Can’t Compete.
Criminology: Economics Of Burglary. According to James Treadwell's research (University of Leicester), global price pressures - particularly "cheap labor in China" - are RUINING it for decent burglars in the UK. Commodity pricing in consumer goods such as DVD players has gotten so crappy that you can't even fence a good home [...]
Economics. Dismal Science?
Dr. Bella Luna, World Economics Chair at the London School of E. DNA shmee-n-a. Particles shmarticles. This is the year of the buck. Biology, physics, all the rest are taking a back seat to economics this year. The “Dismal Science” is crowding everything out as the public tries to figure out how we got into this “mess” and how we [...]
