https://econpointofview.com/tags/armchair-economist/ Recent content in Armchair Economist on Econ Point of View Hugo -- gohugo.io Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://econpointofview.com/blog/i-feel-like-im-taking-crazy-pills/ Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://econpointofview.com/blog/i-feel-like-im-taking-crazy-pills/ Economists are strange. Nuts might be a better word. Sometimes I feel like Mugatu taking crazy pills. It is painful to say. Everyone wants to fit in. I would love to be cool, but not everyone thinks about opportunity costs, diminishing returns, and revealed preference. For some reason, I hear crickets when I talk about this stuff at parties. (Pro tip: Never explain to friends or family that they get paid according to their marginal product.