Today's print-edition Salt Lake Tribune (yes, I'm old-fashioned) ran this front-page headline: "Report: Utah is Failing its Women." Here's a link to the story. The story is about a report by the Center for American Progress that ranked Utah … [Continue reading]
IDFL and “Credence Goods”
As Cassi wrote earlier, we had a great trip to IDFL last Friday. It’s always so fun to peek inside a world you didn’t know existed, and see people developing such skill and applying such expertise. Now for some b-school stuff: IDFL is a … [Continue reading]
Measuring the Gender Wage Gap
Here's a quote from the Salt Lake Tribune's article today about the gender wage gap in Utah: On average, Utah women who work full time made 70 cents on the dollar compared with Utah men last year. That is the fourth biggest wage gap in the country … [Continue reading]
Like Clockwork
Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and here's the proof. Way back in 2008 --- just three days after Barack Obama was elected, and way before he took office --- I critiqued the idea of using federal stimulus dollars on renewable energy … [Continue reading]
SNIAGRAB… Why?
Tim asks how pre-season sales like SNIAGRAB fit into pricing strategy… Great question. When I teach the economics of pricing to MBAs, I always focus on the competing price effect and volume effect. In the picture below, I’ve drawn a … [Continue reading]