For My Next Blog. . . .
12 April 2008 at 11:55 pm Peter G. Klein 17 comments
| Peter Klein |
What would be a fun and cool name for an econ-org-strategy-methodology-law-history-culture blog? I mean something clever, like Marginal Revolution, Asymmetrical Information [“Asymmetric”?], Division of Labour, Truck and Barter, Knowledge Problem, ArgMax, and the like. “Organizations and Markets” is descriptive, and easy to remember, but not terribly witty. Here are some better names. (These are mostly inside jokes, so they’re either funny or they’re not.)
- Stochastic Dominance
- Fundamental Transformation
- Apodictic Certainty
- Exogenous Shock
- Rationality Unbound
I believe these URLs are still available (cybersquatters, take note). Readers, what would you suggest?
Organizations and Markets 
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Paul Walker | 13 April 2008 at 2:52 am
Proudly Dismal. For the reason why, for those who don’t know, see The Dismal Science.
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Joseph Logan | 13 April 2008 at 4:12 am
Exogenous Shock has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t quite say what it is, but a quick scan would clear that up. Hard to beat “Organizations and Markets”, though; when I saw that I knew immediately what it would be and have consequently been reading just about every day since. I guess the only steer would be to avoid flash over substance and clarity, which you already have.
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VK | 13 April 2008 at 8:36 am
Well, it is a matter of choice between clarity and ingenuity. I would converge to “Exogenous Shock”, but still I rather find it pretty dull.
I you still need something witty I would say:
– Homo Oeconomicus in Motion
– Economics Unbound
– Paradigm Shift
– Economics Reloaded
– Wandering among Econs
The last originates from “Living with the Econs” of Godelier
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jeremy hunsinger | 13 April 2008 at 12:44 pm
‘our market failure’
‘splitting organizations’
‘amongst markets’
‘there was a time’
‘funda/mental’
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Shawn Ritenour | 13 April 2008 at 4:46 pm
“Praxeology R Us’
“Mises, Nicolai, and Me”
“Defenders of the Undefendable”
“Fables of the Firms”
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Rafe Champion | 13 April 2008 at 5:44 pm
“Hot Steaming Ideas in Motion”
“Austrians Just Want to Have Fun”
“Sex and the Single Praxeologist”
I think a lot of the other suggestions are pretty good too!
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Joe Mahoney | 13 April 2008 at 10:20 pm
How about a blog name that is a statistical term and which can also serve as an oxymoron: STANDARD DEVIATION
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Peter Klein | 13 April 2008 at 10:41 pm
My friend Anna, who teaches high-school statistics, suggests these for a stat blog:
* This Blog Is Phat [for p-hat]
* Reject That Ho [for the null hypothesis]
Going with the Misesian theme, how about
* My Years with Nicolai Foss
* Nicolai Foss: Scholar, Creator, Hero
OK, maybe for book titles, not so good for blogs.
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Bart | 14 April 2008 at 2:31 am
Probable Uncertainties
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Michael Greinecker | 14 April 2008 at 7:32 am
Free Lunch
Free Disposal
Cardinal Sins and Utilities
Equilibrium on the Cross
Diminishing Returns
Money as an Asset
Cash in Advance
Bills on the Sidewalk
Gold Standard
The Cost of Everything
Counting Equilibria
Cheap Talk
Credible Threat
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Nat Almirall | 14 April 2008 at 7:37 am
Agoranization?
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Bob | 14 April 2008 at 8:53 am
I suggest “Apoptosis” a term from biology referring to the programmed death or life cycle of cells in multicelluar organisms. Ok it’s a stretch, but you could say your blog is about the life cycle of organizations. And it is a cool word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis
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Peter Klein | 14 April 2008 at 9:21 am
Excellent suggestions, everyone. Perhaps I should up the ante by asking for the tagline too. E.g.:
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
Intendedly informative, insightful, and entertaining, but only limitedly so
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Per Bylund | 14 April 2008 at 2:12 pm
“Mis[es]understanding“?
Or maybe something like EquiLibrarium or TANSTology.
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Unit | 14 April 2008 at 9:33 pm
Size matters — Firm principles in an emergent world
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Mrs. Miller | 15 April 2008 at 8:53 am
Tag line: Just Another Tequila Sunrise
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REW | 15 April 2008 at 10:24 am
EQUUS MORTUUS VAPULUS
… the sense of economics