Monthly Archives: January 2007
The Mexican Corn Laws
January 29, 2007 at 11:37 am
Introduction to Guest Blog Author: Paul Coats is the older brother of Nicholls Economics Professor, Morris Coats.Paul works off-shore for a major U.S. oil and gas service industry firm.Paul graduated from Louisiana Tech some years back, but he never had a formal course in economics.However, he has read a bit and has a decent grasp [...]
Teaching shortage in NO
January 25, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Take a look at this CNN article on trouble that New Orleans public schools are having in attracting teachers. The idea of a compensating wage differential as at least as old as The Wealth of Nations, which Adam Smith (the father of modern economics) wrote in 1776. Workers who work in jobs with more desirable [...]