Top 100 Economics Blogs of 2023

Best economics blogs

…in his field. CHAGANOMICS Visit Chaganomics.com originated as economic analyst Chad Hagan’s personal blog. It now encompasses four blogs: Chagonomics Global Trade, Bankruptcy Analyst, ChadwickFX, and Chaganomics.com. These blogs make…

Frictional Unemployment

Frictional Unemployment

…algorithms in search engines like www.monster.com and www. indeed.com can offer applicants job listings that accurately meet their qualifications and preferences more quickly. 2. Access to Resources Access to the…

Perfect Competition

Perfect Competition

…some real-world examples that come close to perfect competition—these are generally very competitive, liquid markets for comparable commodities. Here are several industries that exemplify elements of perfect competition, without actually…

Monopolistic Competition

monopolistic competition

…pricing in this structure. Marketing does not matter in perfect competition. Resultant long-run allocative efficiency: With monopolistic competition, allocative efficiency does not result (P > MC). With perfect competition, there…

Comparative Advantage

comparative advantage

…X. For Red, 1 unit of Good X ‘costs’ 5/7 or 0.71 units of Good Y, while for Black, 1 unit of X ‘costs’ 0.67 units of Good Y. Consequently,…

Command Economy

Command Economy

…many examples of command economies throughout history as well as contemporarily. Here are a few of the most notable examples of command economy countries: Russia/USSR: The world’s first communist command

The 25 Best Economics Podcasts Of 2023

Best economics podcasts

…thought, money, banking, finance, macroeconomics, public choice, business cycles, health care, education, international trade, and more are major focal points. Learn More Economics Update American Marxian economist and Professor Emeritus…

Capitalism

Capitalism

…cost. If they don’t, then competitors will eat away their profits. There are different forms of capitalism, including laissez-faire/free-market capitalism, welfare capitalism, state capitalism, and others. The distinctions between these…

Free Market

Free Market

…behavior. Examples of harmful effects of unethical cost reduction measures include polluting the environment or exploiting (overworking, under-paying, preventing workers from unionizing etc.) workers. Government intervention is necessary to limit…

Factors of Production

Factors of Production

…the origin of economic value by the physiocrats, a collection of French economists who came before the better-known classical political economists (Smith, Ricardo, Marx, and others). 2. Labor Labor, as…

Privacy Policy

…provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is…

Economies of Scale

Economies of Scale

…the business—adds little to no cost and only results in greater profits. This is true of numerous large-scale online businesses, including Amazon, Walmart.com, Etsy.com, Target.com, and so forth. 7. Risk-bearing…

Economic Systems

Economic Systems

and provide goods and services at an affordable rate. However, in reality, most command economies tend to focus on the most valuable resources like oil. China or D.P.R.K. (North Korea)…

Advantages of Free Trade

Advantages of free trade

…efficient utilization of scarce resources. 2. Specialization Free trade leads to specialization, where a country only produces goods that they are efficient at, i.e., in which they have a lower…

Cyclical Unemployment

Cyclical Unemployment

for cyclical unemployment are “deficient-demand” or “Keynesian unemployment“ What these three terms have in common is the main factor causing unemployment demand. “Deficient-demand” means that the aggregate demand in an…

Letter of Credit

letters of credit

…of “1,000 sphygmomanometers and cuffs.” In this case, there is a discrepancy, and the documents will be rejected unless the buyer waives the discrepancy. 6. The Commercial Invoice The commercial…

Labor Arbitrage

global labor arbitrage

…(such as environmental regulations) are inexpensive. The alternative is impoverished labor moves to countries with higher-paying jobs. Two common barriers to international trade are tariffs (politically imposed) and the costs…

Business Cycle

The Business Cycle or The Trade Cycle

…(both commercial and industrial), consumer credit cards, mortgages, and the like. In more recent decades, significant economic growth has been associated with dot-com speculation as well as with a further…

The Natural Rate of Unemployment

the natural rate of unemployment

…intersect. The horizontal distance (labeled NRU) between LF1 and Labor Force decreases as real wage increases because, at higher wages, it is more likely a person would accept it without…

Reference Dependent Preferences

Reference Dependent Preferences

…(Kahneman and Tversky, 1979). For example, Kahneman and Tversky gave the following sets of choices to 95 participants:       Set 1 – Option A: receive $4,000 with probability .8 or…

Free Rider Problem

free rider problem

…street lamp, even though they haven’t paid for it. Public goods have two characteristics that set them apart; they are non-rival and non-exclusive. Non-exclusive means once you provide it for

Behavioral Economics

introduction to behavioral economics

…after eating them a few times (her taste aversion can be “extinguished”). The allergic woman will also like the smell of peanuts, which the taste-averter won’t” (Camerer et al. 2005)….

Derived Demand

derived demand

…derived demand: raw materials, processed materials, and labor. In the case of custom-made bookshelves (for instance), the first step is the raw materials: that might be wood harvested from a…

Structural Unemployment

Structural unemployment

…unwilling to move: housing costs (as discussed in the examples section below), family ties, lack of savings (the process of moving, itself, does cost money), and many other personal factors….

Oligopoly Market Structure

Oligopoly

…to dominate the industry are Verizon (VZ), Sprint (S), AT&T (T), and T-Mobile (TMUS). For smartphone operating systems, Android, iOS, and Windows are the most prevalent options. Mass media is…

Decisions Involving Uncertainty

decisions involving uncertainty

…choice made.” It relies on assumptions of completeness (that a decision can always be made), transitivity (consistent choices in different scenarios), independence (an irrelevant choice won’t change anything), and continuity…

Introduction to Unemployment

Unemployment

…3,000. This amount is the town’s entire labor force. Therefore, using the unemployment rate formula: Unemployed / Total Labor Force = 500/4,000 = 12.5% Types of Unemployment 1. Seasonal Unemployment…

Microtransactions in Video Games

economics of microtransactions

…game. However, with the advent of the smartphone, now you had access to a massive selection of games. They ranged from”purely free” (ad supported), freemium (with microtransactions) to premium games….

The Gig Economy

the gig economy

…around the idea of the gig economy, and this number will only continue rising. Some popular examples include Uber, a ridesharing service, Airbnb, a home-renting website, and Upwork.com, a website…

Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)

Factors Affecting Price Elasticity of Demand

…Revenue Sources: Baker, D. J., & Berry, C. H. (1953). The Price Elasticity of Demand for Fluid Skim Milk. Journal of Farm Economics, 35(1), 124–129. JSTOR. https://doi.org/10.2307/1233648 Burke, P. J.,…

Biased Beliefs

biased beliefs

and to purchase more winter coats on exceptionally cold winter days (Busse et al., 2012; Mela et al., 1996; Conlin et al., 2007). While there are many variations of the…

Introduction to Inflation

inflation

…in CPI) by 100 (the starting CPI). That is 98 ÷ 100 = 0.98. Convert that number to a percentage, multiplying it by 100 to get 98%. Now we understand

Supply Side Economics

Supply Side Policies

…(i.e. labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship). Successful policies lower the natural rate of unemployment. Some economists also believe that successful supply-side policies can contribute to long-term economic growth without increasing…

Natural Monopoly

Natural Monopoly

…well-known example, often used as the quintessential model of a natural monopoly. Simply, it rarely makes sense to have multiple sets of railroad tracks, stations, etc. for the same purpose—and

Time Inconsistency

Time Inconsistency

…Discounting Decision-making and discounting can be described mathematically. A general formula for time discounting is: Ut = D(0)ut + D(1)ut+1 + D(2)ut+2 + … where Ut is the present utility,…

Introduction to Supply

Introduction to Supply

…to be real capital (for instance, machinery, equipment, buildings, and so forth). With additional, variable factors of production (commonly labor), the marginal returns (that is, additional output) for each additional…