With the 2010 World Cup down to the last sixteen, what would a World Cup of economics look like? How would the sixteen countries that are left fare, if they were competing on economic factors, not football ones? This post presents the Last 16 with a twist – each match is decided by a country’s economic defence, midfield and attack. Read more
With all the investment banks getting in on the act, here’s another shameless attempt to cash in on the World Cup. When will Ronaldo dive? What can behavioural economics tell us about this? After a quick poll, to profile Ronaldo, this post looks at three schools of thought in economics that might reveal something about when Ronaldo will dive: how people are biased to the present, how people value fairness and how people dislike ambiguity. Read more