Splash Biography

Economics is an incredibly powerful tool for answering important questions. But too often, the actual economics gets buried in algebra and graphs, and it's unclear how to apply it to the real world. In this class, we will use fundamental economic tools to answer questions like: - Why do people commit hate crimes? Is the optimal amount of crime really 0 crime? - How can you apply behavioral economics to make your college applications stronger? - Why do students sometimes have to pretend to be dumb in order to be popular? This class is for all students who enjoy thinking about and answering interesting questions. At the end, we will break up into groups and compete in an "Iron Economist" round to see who can most clearly answer a challenging, open-ended question about the world using an economics framework.