There must be a billion blogs out there. Why read mine? I might just be another over-caffeinated office numpty flicking donut crumbs across my keyboard as I peck away some rambling narrative of my last two weeks and how they sucked/ruled/existed/etc. Or, I might be a semi-cynical yet thoughtful young economist who dabbles in current events and provides you with a fresh burst of (undertrained yet ambitious) insight on topics you may or may not care about (my money's on the latter). But, how are you to know!?!?
Consider this my official disclaimer. Below you will find my blog syllabus. Its purpose is twofold: 1) A sort of implicit contract between you (the helpless reader) and me (the hopeless blogger) or 2) A roadmap with instruction on how to navigate my ramblings.
1) I will be writing about triathlons and economics. Why? There is one thing in common with awesome economists and good triathletes: strapping good looks. Most of them also have a blog. If you don't like tri's and econ, go here instead (click it). If you like one and not the other, it will be abundantly clear in the title of the post what I'm talking about, so waste your time accordingly.
If you like economics and not triathlons, go here.
If you like triathlons and not economics, go here.
...sorry about the hour you just spent watching screaming/feinting goats (if you don't know what I'm talking about, you like both triathlons and economics, so we're good).
2) Each post will have an abstract! I am an economist and appreciate the value of being able to verify the quality of something before I purchase it... it makes for good contracts. It's like a Carfax report, only so much less consequential because at the end you don't have a Pink 1987 Geo Tracker without a transmission, you've just wasted a little time (ergo, died a little bit).
Assumption: Died a little bit < Pink 1987 Geo Tracker without a transmission
(Dunno... it's your utility function)
3) There is no three, but there always has to be a three, because who makes a list of two? Earnhardt!
I'll likely only be blogging twice a month, but who knows. I might get bored and type several, or I might get bored and type none. We'll see how much coffee I drink... (insight has just been provided for question posed in last sentence of first paragraph). That's all for now.
J. Roush
University of Tennessee Economics
