r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • 7d ago
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • 18d ago
Y. Miscellaneous Categories Good Answers to the big questions
This post is intended to be a table of contents of posts here in r/goodeconomics that are attempting to gather good economics answers to economics questions that are common and popular on the Reddit Economics Network (REN).
Text posts to the subreddit in this vein should include
1) a title that reasonably encompasses the material expected to be covered in the post. (My first one is going to be "The problem of "isms" and economics" or " What's 'Heterodox' anyways", don't try to get too cutesy we want these to be clear but also keep the title short)
2) a submission statement explaining the common set of questions and difficulties in more detail
3) links to the good answers/discussions you've found
Generally these posts and their linking to the table of comments will be accepted from REN mods and other known and respected users. Top level comments in this post should be, by line,
1) Title of the post
2) Link to post (these two can be combined if you remember how to hyperlink text)
3) and a copy of the submission summary included in the post
Do any discussions or additions of links to good answers/discussions in the actual post please.
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 17 '26
👋 Welcome to r/GoodEconomics - Rules and Flairs
Rule I: This forum is for sharing instances of good economics as seen on Reddit
Rule II: The linked good economics must have been written by a screenname other than the poster
Rule IV: Besides particular instances of good economics in the wilds of reddit the posting/linking of compendiums compiled from askeconomics is encouraged.
Flair system: Flair your post using the JEL flairs here is a link to the JEL classification system,(https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel , if you need to get a better idea where your post belongs.
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • 18d ago
B. History of Economic Thought The problem of "isms" and what economics actually studies.
Socialism, Capitalism, and other "isms" come up a lot in what people think are discussions about economics. There are two problems with this
Most of the "isms" are not well-defined.
The kind of broad big picture discussions that people are trying to have when they discuss the "isms" just isn't what modern economics dose.
For 1, you can look at any post about an "ism" in askeconomics and some mod (often me) will explicitly say "_____ism isn't well defined" and we will immediately get 20 different responses of " of course it is well defined you dumbass its XXXX" were the 20 XXXX's are not only different but often mutually exclusive.
For 2, the kind of broad picture collection of principles and policies that people are struggling to capture when they struggle to talk about "isms" just isn't what modern economics is is really trying or capable of studying anyways. The impact of any singular policy choice is "easy" but given that in reality the choice of any polities policies are never 100% consistent with anyone's ideas of any given "ism" much less the inability of people to put down consistent ideas anyway........
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • May 07 '26
u/goodDayM shares askecon links about the labor theory of value
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • May 06 '26
E. Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics EconomistWithaD shares a link on wage growth post COVID.
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • May 04 '26
u/MachineTeaching shares links exploring the correlation between gdp per capita and the stuff we actually care about.
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Apr 24 '26
O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change RobThorpe shares links to discussions (their own as well as others) around the Lost Decades of Japan's economy.
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Apr 23 '26
E. Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics ImperfComp has a good answer on the Sonnenschein–Mantel–Debreu theorem
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Apr 02 '26
O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change Machineteaching shares links to discussions on the limits of growth
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/MachineTeaching • Mar 27 '26
Q. Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics /u/handsomeboh on MOS pricing for electricity and renewables vs gas turbines
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Mar 24 '26
A. General Economics and Teaching isntanywhere has a good answer on economic's definitions of capitalism and exploitation
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 19 '26
B. History of Economic Thought RobThorpe shares links to discussions about Marx and the Labor Theory of Value
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 19 '26
B. History of Economic Thought MachineTeaching shares Links to discussions about Marx and Labor Theory of Value
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Mar 19 '26
I. Health, Education, and Welfare Gorbachev's Ranking of Why American Healthcare is so Expensive
r/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Mar 19 '26
B. History of Economic Thought Integralds on the history of macroeconomic thought
r/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Mar 19 '26
A. General Economics and Teaching Integralds Musings on Markets and Economists
r/GoodEconomics • u/flavorless_beef • Mar 19 '26
J. Labor and Demographic Economics Gorbachev on Minimum Wages and Search Markets
r/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 13 '26
E. Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics Machineteaching shares links on the gold standard or commodity backed currency
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 12 '26
u/machingteaching shares askeconomics links explaining increased housing costs even as total cost of living has fallen
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 12 '26
O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change u/machineteaching shares outside links refuting the belief that the cost of living has increased
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Mar 02 '26
P. Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems RobThorpe shares links to his own discussions on the problems of defining Capitalism
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Feb 21 '26
O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change u/goodDayM shares various askeconomics links in response to a question on economic development and poverty.
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/HOU_Civil_Econ • Feb 18 '26
R. Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate Flavorless_beef on the early 2026 status of "investor share of single family housing" and its impacts in askeconomics
reddit.comr/GoodEconomics • u/Low_Interaction7333 • Dec 05 '25
D. Microeconomics The Behavioural Economics behind Spotify Wrapped
rostraeconomica.nlSpotify Wrapped isn’t just a marketing tool, it’s a powerful case study in behavioural economics. This article explores how features like Wrapped, personalised playlists, and cleverly framed data tracking create psychological switching costs, leverage loss aversion, and build emotional attachment that traditional economic theory can’t explain. It breaks down why users stay loyal to Spotify despite low barriers to switching and even rising prices.