WTF is an Applied Microeconomist?

21/02/2024 1h 9min Temporada 1 Episodio 7
WTF is an Applied Microeconomist?

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This week, we dive into Joachim's career as an applied microeconomist. What does an applied microeconomist do, how is it relevant to product innovation, how do you enter the field, and much more!FOLLOW-UPS – 01:43Margaret Heffernan: A Bigger PrizeEd Catmull on The Hungry Beast and the Ugly BabyWTF IS AN APPLIED MICROECONOMIST? – 08:44David Hume: “Reason Is and Ought Only to Be the Slave of the Passions”Ariel Rubinstein: Dilemmas of an Economic TheoristKarl Marx: Theses on FeuerbachMechanism DesignTHE ASSUMPTION OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR – 16:56Game Theory: A Very Short IntroductionHow “Jobs to Be Done” Can Help You Make, BetterMICRO- VS. MACRO-ECONOMICS – 23:58APPLIED MICROECONOMICS & PRODUCT INNOVATION – 28:59Tinker Hatfield, The Georges Pompidou Center & The Air Max 1TEACHING VS. WORKING IN INDUSTRY – 37:16The Perils of Crossing Over From Niche to MainstreamJOACHIM'S PATH TO APPLIED MICROECONOMICS – 42:58Rage Against the Machine, Che Guevara T-ShirtEstimation of a Dynamic Auction GameUrsula K. Le Guin: The DispossessedWHAT PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT ECONOMICS – 47:22Surprised by the Hot Hand Fallacy?Uncertainty in the Hot Hand FallacyBlaming Analytics for the 49ers Super Bowl LossKevin Slavin: How Algorithms Will Shape Our WorldHOW TO BECOME AN APPLIED MICROECONOMIST – 54:48ADVICE TO YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SELF – 57:35WEEKLY RECS – 01:00:45Tanaka Tatsuya: Miniature & Mitate ArtistTom Coates: How Threads will integrate with the FediverseThe fediverse, explainedCLOSING & PREVIEW – 01:08:48(Image credit: Guillem Casasus for The Financial Times)****Rant, rave or otherwise via email at [email protected] or on Threads @LearnMakeLearnShow.CREDITSTheme: Vendla / Today Is a Good Day / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.comDrum hit: PREL / Musical Element 85 / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com