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3rd Goal Moment of the Week
“Consider a small medieval town. Out of the many economic activities that take place, one of the most important is raising sheep…”
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One of the few instances of my economics book making me laugh out loud. Of course not being able to keep this to myself I brought it up with my professor who, much to my horror, felt it was a good “real-world” teaching moment and asked me to talk about in class the next day.
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So this morning, in the flagrantly formal clothes I’ve begun wearing to differentiate myself from these glassy eyed youths, I spoke about the tragedy of the commons, the command & control / market incentive policies that went wrong, and all various related ecological and economic calamities. Yawn.
