|An econometrician and an astrologer are arguing about their subjects.The astrologer says, “Astrology is more scientific. My predictions come out right half the time. Yours can’t even reach that proportion”.The econometrician replies, “That’s because of external shocks. Stars don’t have those”.
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|Dinosaur #1: “How many economists does it take to screw in a light bulb?” Dinosaur #2: “What is an economist?” Dinosaur #1: “A flunkie mathematician who tries to predict the population of kangaroos in Australia. But that’s not important and don’t ask what a Kangaroo is.” Dinosaur #2: “I don’t
|A woman hears from her doctor that she has only half a year to live.The doctor advises her to marry an economist and to live in South Dakota.The woman asks: will this cure my illness?The doctor replies: No, but the half year will seem pretty long.
|”Two policemen are considering the problem of catching the bandit. One of them starts to calculate the optimal mixed strategy for the chase. The other policeman protests. ‘While we’re doodling,’ he points out, ‘he is making his getaway.’ ‘Relax,’ says the game-theorist policeman. ‘He’s got to figure it out too,
|Two government economists were returning home from a field meeting. As with all government travelers, they were assigned the cheapest seats on the plane so they each were occupying the center seat on opposite sides of the aisle.They continued their discussion of the knotty problem that had been the subject
|Bill and Boris are taking a break from a long summit. Boris says to Bill, “Bill, you know, I have a big problem. I don’t know what to do about it. I have a hundred bodyguards and one of them is a traitor. I don’t know which one.””Not a big
|Economics is ruining your life when…- I tried to calculate my 3 year old son’s discount rate by seeing how many sweets he would require to be promised to him after dinner to be equivalent to one sweet before dinner – I spent one hour in a toy shop making