Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Graphic: A Valentine Day’s Card for the Economist

If you have an economist as a S.O. (significant other), don’t be surprised if he/she sends you a valentine's day greeting card with the following graphics…or you can send one.

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There are 14 ways in graphs, how the economist express their love, check out the rest here (hat tip the Economist blog). [warning: the layman may find this boring!]

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Video: The Economics of Valentine's Day

In the following video, Professor Chris Coyne explains (via Learnliberty.org) the importance of Valentine's Day as a product of free markets, as well as, highlights on the essence of Valentine's Day celebration--mostly as social signaling or the expression of emotions. (hat tip Mark Perry)


Happy Valentines Day!