EclectEcon

Economics and the mid-life crisis have much in common: Both dwell on foregone opportunities

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. . . . . . . . . . .Richard Posner should be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics . . . . . . . . . . . .

Thursday, December 09, 2004

The Economic Impact of the NHL Lockout

Here it is. Yet another story (NYTimes, registration required)about businesses being hurt by the NHL lockout. phhhhttt.

I guess it's just too hard to write about what people are doing with the money that they don't spend attending NHL games. What are they spending their money on now? Where are they saving it? What are they doing with their time? Who is benefitting from this change in spending?