Chris
Thanks for mentioning this website. It has been a few years since I have taught economic history but I would like to catch up a little.
Cyril Morong
San Antonio College
In a message dated 11/24/00 1:44:30 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Does anyone know how many Floridian votes were being sold as a bloc on
voteauction.com, and how much they were going for? This was quite
plausibly enough to swing the whole election, and probably sold for a
few thousand dollars!
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Prof. Bryan Caplan
Landsburg's column "I've Got to Admit It's Getting Better" is
excellent. It explains a really novel idea for calculating the rate of
quality improvement.
http://slate.msn.com/economics/00-02-09/economics.asp
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Prof. Bryan Caplan
Department of
I have been using the book The Armchair Economist for a few years in my classes.
A student who worked in a movie theater suggested that popcorn(and candy, drinks, etc.) cost more at the movies because the theater has to have many workers around to handle the rush right before a movie starts.
