I read a study by Modig (2020) on what Swedish economists consider to be the most important economic concepts that ordinary people should acquire and understand. On the top of the list is opportunity cost (see Figure 1 in the paper for an overview of the economic concepts that are important to acquire and understand […]
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Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #6
Links. For nye læsere, eller læsere med en præference for a trip down memory lane, følger her nogle links til mine forrige indlæg: #1, #2, #3, #4 og #5. Lad os satse på, at dette bliver mit sidste indlæg med observationer relateret til COVID-19. Jeg ved, at jeg har sagt det før. Men denne gang […]
Frasier, Seinfeld and Friends
Three of the most popular 90s sit-coms are Frasier, Seinfeld and Friends. I have previously written individual posts about the shows (see here, here, here, and here). In this post, I will consider some of the similarities and differences between the shows. All three shows are NBC sit-coms that were part of the original Thursday […]
The unit bias and culture
When people consume culture – being it news, books, podcasts, music, social media, movies, etc. – we care about the quality of culture. That is, we know that not all culture is created equal. We have high/”highbrow” culture (e.g., arthouse movies and poetry) and low/”lowbrow” culture (e.g., reality TV and Hollywood movies). It is better […]
Potpourri: LaTeX #10
– These are the 100 most frequent LaTeX commands – Detexify – How2LaTeX: A compact guide to help you write professional LaTeX documents – How I Make Presentations Using LaTeX & Beamer – Implementing a “mini-LaTeX” in ~2000 lines of code – How Coordinates Work In Tikz – l3charts: Customizable charts made with TikZ and […]