Measuring the Economics of Skyrim
Recently, I’ve started on a new play-through of Skyrim, the excellent 2011 game that is the most recent single player...
Housing Market Volatility and the Individual Home Buyer
There’s an old adage when it comes to personal finance – don’t think of your house as an investment. Instead,...
Where Does Teaching English Actually Make A Difference?
Foreign exchange programs that enable new or recent graduate programs to teach English abroad are a big business. By one...
Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis and the Origins of Statehood and Sovereignty
Puerto Rico has been in the news lately after its Governor, Alejandro García Padilla, stated that its public debts, especially those general...
Liquidity: The Third Fundamental Force of Economics
As every economics student knows, supply and demand are the two dimensions that, given units of quantity or price, determine the...
Why is Fintech disrupting ACH?
We have an intern at work and I am the primary person that he goes to for maintenance tasks that...
Jimmy Lee: The First Crowdfunder? (In Memoriam)
James “Jimmy” Lee, a giant of the private equity industry, died suddenly today at the age of 62. The business of...
Value Creation and High Finance
The popular discourse these days seems to have turned very squarely against high finance. Banks and hedge funds are largely...