Consumer Surplus
A student suggests that Wendy's new ad does a good job of illustrating the concept of consumer surplus:
Friday, October 03, 2008
About Me
- Name: Greg Mankiw
- Location: United States
I am a professor of economics at Harvard University, where I teach introductory economics (ec 10) among other courses. I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students. Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource.
Useful Links
- My Harvard Website
- My Favorite Textbooks
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- The Best Way To Learn Economics
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Previous Posts
- Ignobelity
- The Veep Debate
- We'll always have Macedonia
- March Madness in September
- More Commentary on the Financial Mess
- Obama, McCain, and Quadratic Averaging
- Underdog Again
- Nobel Predictions
- Average Effective Marginal Tax Rates
- More Commentary on the Financial Mess
Advice for Students
- Advice for Aspiring Economists
- Where do economists come from?
- Advice for Grad Students
- Advice for New Junior Faculty
- Which math courses?
- Why Aspiring Economists Need Math
- Summer Reading List
- JD vs PhD: My Story
- My Life as a Student
- PhD or not?
- Education Beyond the Classroom
- An engineer seeks career advice
- A Question about Learning Economics
- Good Academic, Bad Human Being
- Are B-school economists different?
- How to Write Well
Principles of Economics
A Few Timeless Posts
- A Must Read
- The Pigou Club Manifesto
- Resolutions for Another New Year
- Outsourcing Redux
- How do the right and left differ?
- How to Decentralize Monetary Policy
- On Inequality
- How to Recapitalize the Financial System
- My Personal Work Incentives
- On Dogs, Names, and Boston
- How to Identify My Car
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