Posts Tagged “economics”
Is StubHub a lagging indicator?
by tom acox on April 26, 2011
I wrote about the potential utility for StubHub as prediction here. At the time, the NY Mets were stinking up the field and certain tickets were as low as $3. Then Terry Collins got ejected from a game. Those bottom (…)
Is StubHub a good prediction market for an MLB team’s performance?
by tom acox on April 19, 2011
A recent NYT article reported continued troubled times for the Major League Baseball’s New York Mets. the Mets have internally projected that their attendance will be lower this year than last year, mostly because attendance figures often reflect what happened (…)
Check the collection of mostly original infographs!
by tom acox on April 13, 2011
Okay, not mostly, but the best are original…Remember to click each individual post to see the image. You can find the collection here.
The greatest complaint and email response from a bank.
by tom acox on April 12, 2011
This is comes via my colleague, Justin K. I took his contact info out because he doesn’t want his local bank teller to know he has a crush on her…and something about identity theft, etc. Justin’s email to the bank (…)
The near government shutdown as an episode of House
by tom acox on April 11, 2011
You know, seemingly deadly disease and description of disease, in this case debt that isn’t actually pushing up our borrowing costs. (Commercial/Tweet from Matt Yglesias). We think we know what to do but we will have to try lots of (…)
Shrimp, Oil, and Prices
by tom acox on April 10, 2011
It was widely and correctly predicted last year that the price of shrimp was going rise as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Raleigh Times, a restaurant in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, has found (…)