tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63313932011-04-21T21:39:51.034-07:00Undergrad EconomicsA site to help undergraduate economic majors find information that will help them study and research. It will include links to certain questions. It will also be used to answer policy questions by finding economic answers.gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1088475864236786222004-06-28T18:40:00.000-07:002004-06-28T19:24:24.236-07:00COULD BE MY LAST POST.... Since my last post I have graduated from college with a Finance and Economics degree. I have gotten a job in Wisconsin with a good company and I don't have as much time to post. I am thinking of what topic I want to talk about on my future blog. It might be nothing to do with economics or it might be all about economics. I will be back in a few with an update.gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1083276563870600432004-04-29T15:09:00.000-07:002004-04-29T15:13:41.483-07:00A few links for you to read during the weekend..... I am taking Tapit in the Kentucky Derby. He drinks Guinness, which this study says is good for you. (Link via The Sports Economist) He is in the 18th starting position and the odds are 8-1. If he wins I am going on that diet. I talked about Barry Bonds in my last post. Jayson Stark has some great info on Bonds and other weird stats in gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1083003710655298952004-04-26T11:21:00.000-07:002004-04-26T11:26:03.826-07:00Ok a short little post today, because I should be posting more often. The first thing I want to mention is the West Wing episode last week that talked about trade and globalization. The show does a great job of writing and expressing different views. I thought the point they were trying to get across was that globalization was good in the long run, but in the short run it is going to hurt gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1082436833920303842004-04-19T21:53:00.000-07:002004-04-19T21:57:57.513-07:00It has been a long time since I have posted so here is a short one. I am going to give you a link to what I am reading tonight as I go to bed. I have to read it for a discussion on globalization tomorrow. Tomorrow night I will discuss more about the articles. In the next few days I will talk about beer drinking decisions, Chicago Cub baseball, the job search, and the paper I am working on. gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1081745660620106382004-04-11T21:54:00.000-07:002004-04-11T21:58:13.216-07:00I LOVE THIS I have gotten some e-mails about my post on "College Students Are Not Rational". They are very helpful and they remind me that there is a lot I don't know. That is what I really love about this site...........I know nothing about economics. This site though allows me to display what I am thinking and then really smart people e-mail me and tell me where my thinking breaks down. Igaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1081315370844864932004-04-06T22:22:00.000-07:002004-04-06T22:26:37.060-07:00GOOD THING COMES TO AN END My intramural basketball career here at UW-La Crosse has just ended with another championship loss. We lost in three overtimes, and in the third overtime I had a chance to tie the game with a three and I missed. I am a little upset with that. I am going to stop talking about that before I cry though. Here is what I have been thinking about lately. I have decided togaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1080920545038372302004-04-02T07:42:00.000-08:002004-04-02T07:46:04.843-08:00COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOT RATIONAL Last night I was really trying to use economics to make my decision about what I should do for the night. Let me take you through my thought process. I was in the shower it was 10:00pm I had just gotten back from playing some basketball and running when I was deciding which of the following to do: A) Go downtown to Brothers for $5 all you drink. B) Stay at gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1080712517136808612004-03-30T21:55:00.000-08:002004-03-30T21:58:53.280-08:00Some big news today.........I have been mentioned on some other blogs. Marginal Revolution and Newmark's Door mentioned me in the last few days. I was very excited when TJ from A Random Walk told me this because I read those blogs everyday and look forward to learning from their sites. They have increased my interest in economics. At the same time this has put a little pressure on me to gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1080072822264213992004-03-23T12:13:00.000-08:002004-03-23T12:17:08.826-08:00It has been a while, but I am at work, and since this is not in my job description it is going to be quick. Here it is.... A good link to a baseball player from MIT... A funny article about the federal budget deficit (via Newmark's Door) Another good link to a economics website via Newmark's Door That is all for now I just wanted to get that up their while it was fresh in my head. Later gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1078940080729857972004-03-10T09:34:00.000-08:002004-03-10T09:37:49.170-08:00Some more weird stuff today. I realized I should have named my blog "Nothing" because there is nothing I won't touch and all I really do is just use this as a tool to brainstorm. So here are the three things I spent time thinking about yesterday..... I read a paper about the IO of Beer Markets in the US and Germany. I contained some stuff on the effect of Microbrews, but I thought this would gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1078783310214377262004-03-08T14:01:00.000-08:002004-03-08T14:04:56.496-08:00Just a few more random thoughts that came to my head while trying to stay awake in class today. In my real estate class we are talking about appraisal of homes and how to determine values. It really made me think about how much students pay for location. I am only two blocks from campus so I pay way to much for my dumpy apartment because of the location. It also made me think what would gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1078343688133137152004-03-03T11:54:00.000-08:002004-03-03T11:57:47.483-08:00I have been really busy lately, but I am going to throw together a quick post here. I was reading in time this good article about why people buy certain things. It really got me back to my thought a few days ago about why people buy certain beer. Maybe that is what these guys will use the study for in the future (haha). Maybe that is what beer companies will start doing marketing research on gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1077687184375314892004-02-24T21:33:00.000-08:002004-02-24T21:35:52.920-08:00Today I have a few random things as I get some people to start reading this hopefully I get more answers on things.... One is about baseball rotations. I was wondering does it matter where you start someone in the rotation? Has history proven that your front two starters get that many more outings than the ones in the back? I am wondering this because the Cubs are debating which way to order gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1077511844883822152004-02-22T20:50:00.000-08:002004-02-22T20:53:30.246-08:00Ok so that everyday posting was bullshit. Lately I have been thinking alot about the group thing I mentioned a few days ago. It came to my head when I was working on a committee. For my job at the REC Center, I volunteered to be part of the Student Advisory Committee. The committee was formed to help REC Sports and the REC Center become one group. The committee is made up of all students gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1077231651637141172004-02-19T15:00:00.000-08:002004-02-19T15:03:33.263-08:00It has been way to long. The last post was on January 25th. I want to say that is because I went through my winter blues and didn't want to do anything, but yesterday was a new day. It was warm outside, I think close to 40, and the most important thing that I can remember in a few years happened. THE CUBS SIGN MADDUX. I don't know if I have ever been so excited. It had that feeling you get ingaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1075075936435744922004-01-25T16:12:00.000-08:002004-01-25T16:14:23.543-08:00This blog is becoming a once a week thing it looks like so far. I am hoping once school gets started it will become an every day event because my mind will be working more. Here are some more links. I am not going to say much on these links right now because I want to read them again, but here the links..... Here is a paper that Dr. Brooks suggested to me. The paper looks at debt and gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-1074634300432161522004-01-20T13:31:00.000-08:002004-01-20T13:33:40.360-08:00It has been almost a week since I have posted. I am not busy just lazy when it comes to doing work during a break. Here are some links on budget deficits....... "Growing Deficits and Why They Matter" by Alice Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill "Sustained Budget Deficits: Longer-Run U.S. Economic Performance and the Risk of Financial and Fiscal Disarray" by Peter R. Orszag I hope both of these links gaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331393.post-107412239132207582004-01-14T15:19:00.000-08:002004-01-14T15:21:43.200-08:00 Welcome to my site and the first post. The point of this site is to mainly answer questions that undergradute economic majors have. Since I am an economic major I have many of these questions. I am hoping that professors can answer these questions and provide me the links where I can post answers so that I can put this on the web for students to find. There are a lot of economic blogs ongaddismatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04878730380622660148noreply@blogger.com