Chances are you've heard about speed reading. A magical technique that allows you to glance at a page of text and immediately extract all of its meaning. But after digging deeper and trying the techniques yourself, you realized that it does not seem to work for you. You may even...
Edit: I am not arguing for or against immigration. My intent was to explain why the common reaction "Immigrants are robbing us of our jobs" is flawed. In discussions about immigration, there is a crucial aspect about its economic viability that is often left unsaid: Immigrants create their own demand....
Economics is often portrayed as a dismal science. It seems to be about a small group of experts talking mostly about monetary policy. I want to argue that this is not true and that there is an elegant, natural and simple interpretation that admits far-reaching applications. Finite thinking First, we...