The Quantum Mechanic » economics http://quantum-mechanic.com Uncertain rants and musings Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Pennies as call options http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:05:53 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/ Tyler Cowen has a neat post about pennies behaving as call options on zinc/copper.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/feed/ 1 eBay bidders are dumb, film at 11! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/02/24/ebay-bidders-are-dumb-film-at-11/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/02/24/ebay-bidders-are-dumb-film-at-11/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:01:55 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/?p=63 Interesting post at Marginal Revolution on how eBay-bidders will prefer a $6 item with $5 shipping over a $10 item with free shipping.

Why am I not surprised?

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/02/24/ebay-bidders-are-dumb-film-at-11/feed/ 8 In whose interest are they working? http://quantum-mechanic.com/2005/09/20/in-whose-interest-are-they-working/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2005/09/20/in-whose-interest-are-they-working/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:30:34 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/?p=18 Surely I can’t be the only person to wonder how much of the sometimes insane shrillness of DeLong and Krugman (especially the latter) comes from having their hopes of getting a sinecure with a Gore or Kerry administration so rudely dashed.

That said, at least DeLong still often has interesting stuff to say, as opposed to turning into a complete partisan hack a la Krugman.

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