Recently, a friend stumbled upon the following Facebook question and thread. “Some say marriage is the best. Some say it isn’t worth it. I’ve lived in four different homes in three different states with my soul mate. And we share a car in both our names. Lol. Do we need a piece of paper to [...]
“There is no such thing as a selfless act.” Those were the words recently hurled at me by one of my students. And I must say that I was taken aback. To clarify, the discussion occurred in an economics course and the topic was self-interest. Most economists acknowledge that our economic choices occur at the margin and each of [...]