Entry Barriers: A Personal Disappreciation
Experience is the best teacher. So, while my first introduction to the idea of entry barriers was undoubtedly as an...
Caleb Fuller
Micro-Microeconomics
Over one hundred fifty years ago, Carl Menger started his economic theorizing with the recognition that “goods” are useful things...
Will Google Ever Lose Its Monopoly?
Actually, it’s a trick question. Google (excuse me, Alphabet) doesn’t have a monopoly. Not by any sensible definition of the...
Why Studying Economics Requires Curiosity
Recently, I argued that studying economics instills gratitude. A friend responded by asking me what intellectual virtues are necessary for...
Five Ways Minimum Wage Studies Fail
Teaching in the smartphone age means students are never more than a few seconds away from the dreaded “fact check.”...
Studying Economics Instills Gratitude
At least since Thomas Carlyle’s infamous put-down of economics as the “dismal science” (for economists having the temerity to oppose slavery),...
