Just so we’re clear, calling the cops because you see a large black guy in your neighborhood is harassment. This has happened to a friend with a door-to-door job in three separate neighborhoods over the last few months. And if you’re going to protest and appeal to the black male crime rate to justify your […]
My Thoughts On Immigration
Many of us are thinking about the implication of having a new president-elect especially in regard to immigration. Here are some of my articles and interviews on the subject: Border Fences: Costlier Than The Problem? (Forbes.com, October 17, 2016) What You Don’t Know About Immigration Can Hurt You (Forbes.com, October 17, 2016) Immigrants and Their […]
My Thoughts On Immigration
Many of us are thinking about the implication of having a new president-elect especially in regard to immigration. Here are some of my articles and interviews on the subject: Border Fences: Costlier Than The Problem? (Forbes.com, October 17, 2016) What You Don’t Know About Immigration Can Hurt You (Forbes.com, October 17, 2016) Immigrants and Their […]
My Thoughts On Immigration
Many of us are thinking about the implication of having a new president-elect especially in regard to immigration. Here are some of my articles and interviews on the subject: Border Fences: Costlier Than The Problem? (Forbes.org, October 17, 2016) What You Don’t Know About Immigration Can Hurt You (Forbes.org, October 17, 2016) Immigrants and Their […]
My Thoughts On Immigration
Illegal Immigrants Don’t Lower Our Wages Or Take Our Jobs Will More Immigrants Make Americans Worse Off?
Hackademia: Take The Grading Challenge
I hate grading. It’s boring, it involves some wearying judgment calls, it’s sometimes depressing… As one of my mentors said (wisely), “We teach for free and get paid to grade.” I just stumbled upon this one weird trick that helped me plow through a lot of grading very quickly. Instead of grading in my office […]
Hackademia: Take The Grading Challenge
I hate grading. It’s boring, it involves some wearying judgment calls, it’s sometimes depressing… As one of my mentors said (wisely), “We teach for free and get paid to grade.” I just stumbled upon this one weird trick that helped me plow through a lot of grading very quickly. Instead of grading in my office […]
Hackademia: Take the Grading Challenge
I hate grading. It’s boring, it involves some wearying judgment calls, it’s sometimes depressing… As one of my mentors said (wisely), “We teach for free and get paid to grade.” I just stumbled upon this one weird trick that helped me plow through a lot of grading very quickly. Instead of grading in my office […]
A Few Thoughts For Students From An Economics Professor
A few thoughts for students from an economics professor: We know more than you, but this doesn’t mean we’re smarter. It just means we’re older. I’ve taught lots of students who are smarter than me, but I know a lot more about economics than they do because I’ve been studying it for about as long […]
Matthew 18
Here are a few thoughts on the parable of the forgiven servant in Matthew 18: Our debt is of a kind that can’t be repaid. The 10k talents are a stand-in for impossibility–and yet when we ask for mercy, we still say “I’ll pay it back! I promise!” We are forgiven even above and beyond […]