Manon's Econ Blog

This week at the school, we are having an “Earth Week,” and today is the no-printing day. The Eco Club is trying to cut down the consumption by banning students from using the printer. This is because of the negative externality of consumption shown on the diagram below. Since the MPB and the MSB are [...]

“Sharing is caring.” You can often hear that everywhere; but economists realized that people care more about things when they are “private property.” When it is public, such as public streets, public bathrooms and so on, people do not take care of it. Nevertheless, as soon as it is a private property, people make sure [...]

. John Maynard Keynes was an economist. After the economic crisis of 1929 and its recovery, economists thought of themselves as the rulers of the world. They saved the world from the biggest crisis experienced; they by consequent thought they would be able to save it from any other crisis. During this period of “economic [...]

At the beginning, I thought that using a laptop during class would be really disturbing, and that I would be tempted to do something else. Now that we use one, I do not think that it is that tempting. Class work takes enough time not to do anything else. Also, it is much easier to [...]

I found several interesting links that may be useful for all of us in our study of economics. Economists blog, although not written by people specialized in the study of economics, covers many different topics related to economics. You can find detailed informations and reactions about the economic situation of today’s world, as well as [...]

I think it is really important that we, as students, start to learn about the most efficient way to use resources such as money. In life, we are going to be confronted to many choices we will have to make, and if we learn soon how to make the best choices possible, it would be [...]