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Ironic punishments: Snot edition

posted to Game Theorist on Sat 23rd Mar 13

Ironic punishments: Snot edition Apparently one of the behavioural challenges as a parent is to convince children to wipe snot and other related facial dirt from their face in an appropriate manner. It turns out that they learn fairly quickly that transference
Bullying, what is it good for?

posted to Game Theorist on Mon 18th Feb 13

You know what the thing about bullying is? I dont like it. Great, you are probably thinking (rolling your eyes), this is sure going to be deep and insightful post.But I have thought about it and that is what Ive got. I thought about it because I was Id like
An allergic story

posted to Game Theorist on Fri 15th Feb 13

A well-known economist friend of mine wrote the following post on Facebook. It follows an algorithmic bent typical of those in my tribe so I asked for permission to post it here.How to have your very first allergy attack when you have just turned two, by [a

Parentonomics. For kids?

posted to Game Theorist on Mon 14th Mar 11

That was the title of an email I received this morning from Austin Frakt, an economics professor at BU:Reading your book, Parentonomics, now. Where appropriate for my 3.5 &a 6.5 year olds I read them lightly edited passages. They love it! They can relate
The circular flow of candy

posted to Game Theorist on Tue 2nd Nov 10

This weekend was a busy one for the Gans children. On Saturday, I took Child No.1 and Child No.2 to Washington DC for the Rally to Restore Sanity. It was Child No.1's birthday present and you can read my thoughts about the event here. The children absolutely
Lose the Game

posted to Game Theorist on Fri 10th Sep 10

What would you do if you were Prime Minister and found out that millions of school children in another country had developed a Game in which you were a key player? Would you ignore it or would you engage with it if only to boost how those children think of

Parentonomics

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Sun 13th Mar 11

I’m reading Joshua Gans’ book Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting. In fact, I’m reading some of it to my kids, which is, apparently a novel use. I emailed Gans about just that and he posted about it on his blog. Take a look.It
An economist on Halloween

posted to The Incidental Economist (Posts) on Tue 2nd Nov 10

If it were really only about the candy then Joshua Gans nails it:I have to say that, as an economist, this entire evening is a curious one. Let us be clear what happened. We all bought bags of candy. We then gave it out while sending our own children to collect
Sordid Links

posted to Cheap Talk on Fri 10th Sep 10

Stark County, Ohio.I lost the game.Auto-tune your voicemails.Classically conditioning your roomie.Sartre’s facebook Wall.First ever commercial for a marijuana dispensary. (The real humor here is that you are first forced to watch an ad for “Spiriva”