Posting Fail

I've been so busy with homework and Bookworm Boulevard that I'm afraid I've kind of neglected The Word Nerd. I'm really sorry, guys! If I'm totally, bluntly honest...it's kind of a pain to keep up with two separate blogs. It's just difficult trying to make sure I keep up with all the book stuff on the other one and still find interesting things to post about and the time/motivation to post frequently here.

I'll still try to post from time to time, i.e. if I have something really interesting to post about, but I don't think it's going to be very often. I will still be updating BB frequently and you can definitely find me there.

Meanwhile, go listen to the songs "Head Over Feet" by Alanis Morissette and "At Full Speed" by Jack's Mannequin. Because they're awesome.

~Bex

Why I Will Never Be An Economist

One of my summer assignments is to read a book called Naked Economics and do a double-entry journal with at least three responses per chapter (the class requiring this is AP Government and Macroeconomics, so it's not too weird). Naked Economics is not a bad book; actually, in a lot of places it's quite funny, and some of it even makes sense.

But the thing is...even the parts that make sense confuse me. The chapter I just finished contained lots of discussion about why it is good to be a mohair farmer even though there is no need for mohair. Then the author said that programs like that should not exist because they make people angry, then he said that everyone has the mohair advantage in some way.

I followed it, mostly. I understood the analogies and I understand how the stuff he's talking about fits into our economic system. But when I think about it as a whole, I still have no idea what he's talking about. I get it...but I don't get it. Which, of course, makes no sense at all.

Hopefully taking a class in economics will clear some of this up. But in the meantime, this book has taught me one very important thing: I should never be an economist.

Love,
Bex