VisionEcon

11/19/2020

Think about this and Covid: "In one study, people who saw information about 'a disease that kills 1,286 out of every 10,000' judged it as more dangerous than people who were told about 'a disease that kills 24.14% of the population.'" (Source: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, 2011.) The probability of death in the first disease is 12.86%, yet the second disease was viewed as less dangerous because the second statement gave more impersonal impressions while the first used a large denominator of 10,000. Moral: Watch out what your mind is telling you about Covid.

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11/02/2020

A great visual to remind us not to take democracy for granted.

Has the world become more or less free? To find out, this graphic highlights the changing state of democracy in 167 countries since 2006.

08/27/2020

Working on the next chapter of my book. I wanted to use the phrase, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." Realizing that most of my target market would not understand that phrase-- I looked up the origin. Did any of you know this?

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.

07/19/2020

To help promote my new course entitled "HOW to Think-- NOT WHAT to Think", I will be posting brain teasers twice a month. Be the first to answer correctly, and you win a $100 off of the nightly rate of Oak Creek Canyon's Hidden J.E.M.

First question: There are two misleading characteristics of this chart. Can you name them both?

07/12/2020

Two thoughts: 1) Does Phoenix have a champion like Tony Hsieh? 2) We need to work on something like this for Phoenix!

Physician Zubin Damania, Director of Healthcare Development for Downtown Project Las Vegas, has a plan to fight back against a system that can dehumanize doctors and patients alike.

06/05/2020

PLEASE SHARE: While doing research, I uncovered a great resource to assess whether a news source has a bias. Please test this before sharing anything and share with everyone you know!

See issues and political news with news bias revealed. Non-partisan, crowd-sourced technology shows all sides so you can decide.

04/13/2020

Some new stats for you. Blacks/African Americans are getting hit the hardest from this virus. Why?

03/31/2020

Hey business owners-- this SBA app takes less than an hour. Don't be embarrassed asking for help. This is something no one had planned for!

03/28/2020

Made some clarifications to the tables. So far, my research suggests that we are giving up 13 jobs for every life saved. Ideas?

03/22/2020

Very, very concerned about this country. Feel free to share....

03/20/2020

Now to calculate the "Opportunity Cost." THAT is what true, non-political economists are supposed to do!