Splash Biography

We've all been tempted to do it: put our money into the newspaper dispenser and take our several newspapers. So why don't we? Why aren't newspaper vending machines robbed blind? Why don't other vending machines work in the same way? Economics is much more than finding out how much money we have or what we can do with it. It has the power to tell us why vending machines are designed the way they are, why drive through banks have Braille dots on their keypads, and even why bull elephant seals are much bigger than cow elephant seals. In this class we'll learn and apply basic economic theories and techniques to issues all around us, to make the more a little bit more understandable, comprehensible, and interesting. No prior knowledge of economics is required, we'll start from the beginning and work our way from there.

An opportunity to explore the devices of the Surrealist painter Salvador Dali, and then to incorporate them into your own unique style of art.

All of you live in or near one city: Chicago. How often have you wanted to change the way it ...