Project Junction

I’m fielding calls from family and friends this week: “Are you still employed … I heard IBM is laying everyone off.”
The short answer:  Yes … I’m stilling working for the man.
I do appreciate everyone’s concern.  I’m a little mad at Lee Conrad, however, for whipping up the media to disrupt my life and scare my [...]

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I’ve completed my lesson plans for the Econ 201 class that I’ll begin teaching in a few weeks.
I’m particularly excited to teach a theory I’ve developed around the “conditioned consumer.” Buyers, particularly in the consumer space, have been conditioned to expect lower prices:

Sale!
Buy one get one free
More for less
Always low prices
We pass the savings to [...]

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