bring this back but for developmental microecon conferences
January 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
bring this back but for developmental microecon conferences
best take from a hard core microecon liberty guy that I've ever seen
April 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
best take from a hard core microecon liberty guy that I've ever seen
I suspect me as a teenager with autism and ADHD could have schooled this guy on basically any standardized test. They don't measure intelligence, they measure ability to take the test.
My 760/740 SAT was good. You know what was better? 33 MicroEcon ACT. Crucially, I did not take a MicroEcon class.
My 760/740 SAT was good. You know what was better? 33 MicroEcon ACT. Crucially, I did not take a MicroEcon class.
Here is Eliezer Yudkowsky explaining (like a very normal person who absolutely does not have some kind of acute personality disorder) why, on the basis of his childhood test scores, he is a special genius uniquely qualified to change the world:
web.archive.org/web/20010309...
web.archive.org/web/20010309...
September 27, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I suspect me as a teenager with autism and ADHD could have schooled this guy on basically any standardized test. They don't measure intelligence, they measure ability to take the test.
My 760/740 SAT was good. You know what was better? 33 MicroEcon ACT. Crucially, I did not take a MicroEcon class.
My 760/740 SAT was good. You know what was better? 33 MicroEcon ACT. Crucially, I did not take a MicroEcon class.
I’m not an economist, but I have taught microecon to policy students, and there is an entire section in the textbook on how the private sector will under supply public goods, including under investing in basic research. It is literally a textbook example.
The private sector will not fill the gaps. The size of the cuts is too big, and the incentives does not align to do basic research or train the next generation of PhD students.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
May 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m not an economist, but I have taught microecon to policy students, and there is an entire section in the textbook on how the private sector will under supply public goods, including under investing in basic research. It is literally a textbook example.
Future microecon: products don't have prices, customers have tolerances.
Not to be too hyperbolic but I feel like price discrimination at this granular a level, if done at scale, kinda takes a sledgehammer to some of the fundamentals of microeconomics.
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Different customers, different prices: Companies use data for personalized pricing
Between surveillance pricing and discounting, it's harder than ever to figure out if you're getting the best price.
www.marketplace.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Future microecon: products don't have prices, customers have tolerances.
This will be going day one of my fall microecon course
March 25, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This will be going day one of my fall microecon course
Last's key idea is that tech investor/executive thinking is the opposite of Microecon 101 and the invisible hand. It's centered around attaining monopolies and then drawing massive profits even as you enshitify the product. You can have lots of failures as long as you have one of those "successes."
February 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Last's key idea is that tech investor/executive thinking is the opposite of Microecon 101 and the invisible hand. It's centered around attaining monopolies and then drawing massive profits even as you enshitify the product. You can have lots of failures as long as you have one of those "successes."
Wait till I take you to Microecon 202...
February 8, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Wait till I take you to Microecon 202...
Someone please pat my head and call me a good boy, I just crammed and got an 86 on my MicroEcon Midterm
Gumball and Darwin Celebrate with Fireworks
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June 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Someone please pat my head and call me a good boy, I just crammed and got an 86 on my MicroEcon Midterm
Microecon for Dummies (except the Dummies are now in charge)
March 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Microecon for Dummies (except the Dummies are now in charge)
Vineyarddawg's HOT TAEK is that everybody should be required to take microecon 101.
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Vineyarddawg's HOT TAEK is that everybody should be required to take microecon 101.
business education quietly consists mostly of talking points and propaganda, ownership almost never has any reason to be intimately familiar with microecon shit but should be pretty familiar with whether or not having a giant pile or money or debt is good or bad, which genuinely varies
July 20, 2026 at 12:40 AM
business education quietly consists mostly of talking points and propaganda, ownership almost never has any reason to be intimately familiar with microecon shit but should be pretty familiar with whether or not having a giant pile or money or debt is good or bad, which genuinely varies
in case it’s not abundantly clear to those of you who have followed me for a bit: I am a fucking nerd. I took as many ap classes as I possibly could in hs. I think I graduated ha with something like 20 college credits. the only ap exam I failed was microecon.
June 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
in case it’s not abundantly clear to those of you who have followed me for a bit: I am a fucking nerd. I took as many ap classes as I possibly could in hs. I think I graduated ha with something like 20 college credits. the only ap exam I failed was microecon.
Accepting that I was giving up two years of career development over courses I already understood (e.g stats, microecon, policy analysis).
August 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Accepting that I was giving up two years of career development over courses I already understood (e.g stats, microecon, policy analysis).
Microecon ball knowers: is there a particular reason why if you get a bottle of coke or pepsi or whatever from a takeaway in the UK it is /so often/ a bottle in packaging that makes it clear the intended distribution country was somewhere else in Europe, often not in the EU?
June 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Microecon ball knowers: is there a particular reason why if you get a bottle of coke or pepsi or whatever from a takeaway in the UK it is /so often/ a bottle in packaging that makes it clear the intended distribution country was somewhere else in Europe, often not in the EU?
this rings of people ranting at like, Krugman, about what they learned in an intro to microecon class they took in 1997.
February 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
this rings of people ranting at like, Krugman, about what they learned in an intro to microecon class they took in 1997.
This is Microecon 101. Producers will charge whatever the market is willing to pay. If prices in one set of goods go up, then prices on substitutes also go up (even if they're not as good). All part of why tariffs are dumb af as a broad policy.
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is Microecon 101. Producers will charge whatever the market is willing to pay. If prices in one set of goods go up, then prices on substitutes also go up (even if they're not as good). All part of why tariffs are dumb af as a broad policy.
Posting my complete Intro to MicroEconomics course one lecture at a time. Hopefully helpful to someone once it's complete!
Lecture 1:
youtu.be/EgBkJXU6H4U
Lecture 1:
youtu.be/EgBkJXU6H4U
Principles of Microecon: Lecture 1 Intro to the Course
YouTube video by Mike Jonas Econ
youtu.be
April 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Posting my complete Intro to MicroEconomics course one lecture at a time. Hopefully helpful to someone once it's complete!
Lecture 1:
youtu.be/EgBkJXU6H4U
Lecture 1:
youtu.be/EgBkJXU6H4U
that's why we gotta start taxing microecon papers
August 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
that's why we gotta start taxing microecon papers
Good post. When we apply microecon approaches to studying complex phenomena we always have to worry about partial equilibrium/marginal effects.
Regression overreach is real
Regression overreach is real
September 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Good post. When we apply microecon approaches to studying complex phenomena we always have to worry about partial equilibrium/marginal effects.
Regression overreach is real
Regression overreach is real
I swear there is a correlation between right-libertarianism and being stuck forever in Intro to Microecon mentally.
They often can't think outside of the box of the evaluation of basic individual economic decisions in a vacuum.
They often can't think outside of the box of the evaluation of basic individual economic decisions in a vacuum.
May 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I swear there is a correlation between right-libertarianism and being stuck forever in Intro to Microecon mentally.
They often can't think outside of the box of the evaluation of basic individual economic decisions in a vacuum.
They often can't think outside of the box of the evaluation of basic individual economic decisions in a vacuum.
My apologies. I meant in the microecon sense.
May 27, 2026 at 3:47 AM
My apologies. I meant in the microecon sense.
i think my brain has just crashed after finishing my microecon class
February 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
i think my brain has just crashed after finishing my microecon class
Managed to ace a MicroEcon test but it was lot of work. Going to rethink how I approach schoolwork, I reckon.
And godsdamn I love playing bass.
Good night. May you wale up tomorrow and find something or someone to love.
And godsdamn I love playing bass.
Good night. May you wale up tomorrow and find something or someone to love.
February 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Managed to ace a MicroEcon test but it was lot of work. Going to rethink how I approach schoolwork, I reckon.
And godsdamn I love playing bass.
Good night. May you wale up tomorrow and find something or someone to love.
And godsdamn I love playing bass.
Good night. May you wale up tomorrow and find something or someone to love.
Demand dictates price. If buyers refuse to buy at a specific price you're either not creating enough demand or charging too much. There is no intrinsic requirement for prices to increase on a specific good. This is ESPECIALLY true for luxury products like games.
Did you not take freshman microecon?
Did you not take freshman microecon?
AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Demand dictates price. If buyers refuse to buy at a specific price you're either not creating enough demand or charging too much. There is no intrinsic requirement for prices to increase on a specific good. This is ESPECIALLY true for luxury products like games.
Did you not take freshman microecon?
Did you not take freshman microecon?