I recently read an article “SEC and College Football: Is it still the dominant conference?” on the Covering the Business Side of Sports website. Here are my thoughts on the subject: This becomes remarkable when you consider population and enrollment. Ohio, for example, has over 11 million people while Alabama has just under 5 million […]
Get Gooder at Good Writing
Are you needing to write and give a presentation? Here are some resources to help you prepare for your time behind the podium. Writing Posts from Lifehack Improve Your Writing With Word Limits Writing Research Papers Hunt, Gather, and Build: A Review of “Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method” Edit This Post on Editing Deirdre McCloskey […]
No, The “Walking Dead” Season 7 Premiere Didn’t Go Too Far
Spoiler Alert: If You Haven’t Yet Seen the Premiere Episode of The Walking Dead Season 7 and don’t want to know what happens until you do, stop reading right now. I’m surprised that so many people seem to be appalled by the gore and violence of the Season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead. We […]
Price Gouging: My Thoughts
Here is a list of articles and blogs I’ve written regarding Price Gouging. Price Gouging in a Picture Price Gouging Laws Hurt Storm Victims Art Carden:Price Gouging Fill-in-the-Blank Article About Price-Gouging Laws Preventing Post-Disaster Price Gouging Yields Devastating Results Is Price Gouging Bad? The Law of Demand Art Carden on Christian Ethics & Economics Sound […]
Get Control Of Your Personal Finances
I often get requests for help with personal finances. I have a $0 course on personal finance available at Udemy that you can access here. It walks you through the basics of managing your money well by avoiding bad debt, saving aggressively, and investing wisely. The most important thing about managing your money is actually […]
Hayek, “Individualism and Economic Order”
“Perhaps the best illustration of the current misconceptions of the individualism of Adam Smith and his group is the common belief that they have invented the bogey of the “economic man” and that their conclusions are vitiated by their assumption of a strictly rational behavior or generally by a false rationalistic psychology. They were, of […]
The Best 99 Cents I’ve Spent Recently
The best 99 cents I’ve spent recently? iPhone Monopoly. It’s a great way to relax, the kids seem to like it, and it’s virtually identical to the original. It’s also a lot quicker than playing on the board because all the math is done automatically. If you want to spend a dollar learning some economics, […]
Identify the Marching Band Geeks at the Gym With This One Weird Trick
From 1997-1999 I played trombone in the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band. I’ve noticed from my own behavior that there’s basically one thing you need to know in order to identify a band geek at the gym–or in any public place, for that matter. It’s not “are they moving in time with the music?” […]
Navigating With My Apple Watch
I have a truly awful sense of direction, which means it’s extremely easy for me to get lost when I go places. This is especially troublesome until we got our first GPS device, a Garmin, in 2007 or so. The Garmin wasn’t of much help, though, when I was walking. I became sold on smartphones […]