You might be an economist if you ....

... you adamently refuse to sell your children ....


... because you think they might be worth more later.

Steven Landsburg has a blog

It's called The Big Questions. Assuming he keeps up a regular stream of posts it's sure to be a good one. He's an entertaining and thought provoking economist.

Economics: the new sexy

Listen to the NPR story. Enrollments at universities are up. We may not have predicted the downturn, or know what happened or agree on how to fix it. But we can tell a good story, and studying is more helpful than some of the alternatives. Even finance majors are turning to economics.

Dilbert creator talks about economists

Scott Adams - who does the comic strip Dilbert - has some very nice things to say about economists.

Full disclosure: Adams has a college degree in economics.