HAIKUNOMICS
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HAIKUNOMICS
May 2013 Texts: UWC RCN Economics students (class 2013) Editor: Rudy Alejandro Herrera Mรกrmol Layout, images+design: Ana Flecha Marco Made in Flekke
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EDITORIAL I like to incorporate as much creativity, humor, real-life examples and statistics to my economics classes as possible. I do well with examples and statistics, the same way as with humor (my students may disagree here), but sometimes economics and creativity don’t seem to get along in the classroom, so I need to try a little harder. Here’s one of those attempts. We were starting International Economics, and had just finished Macroeconomics. As I was planning my next few classes, on one of my not-so-inspired days, I googled “haiku economics” to see if there was something I could use. Lucky for me, on October 26th 2011, The Economist made reference to a haiku competition organized by The Kauffman Foundation. I printed the article, added a very basic description of a haiku in English, and gave everyone time to get their creative juices flowing. This is a sample from what was produced those days by the 2013 economics class. Thank you students. And thanks for all the utilityfilled moments this year!
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Students write haikus, The best way they know how to: Keeping it simple. Rudy Herrera Mรกrmol
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If ice cream costs much Then I will buy less, except When there’s nothing else Christine Blandhol
wassup
Hayek was the man Intervention is no good Let the market be Kristoffer Uldahl
Demand and supply It sounds wrong for some reason Supply and demand Natasha Siyumbwa
Opportunities What have you got to lose now? What’cha gonna choose? Mette DehlbÌk
Four tigers wake up, The world output increases US is crying. Nurul Azma
Models, exceptions. Not perfect, never perfect But we study cool Lynette Achaba
Fiscal policy Includes government spending And taxing people Johanna Lindh
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Exports running low. Cut down saving benefits. All needed to smile. Neema Kafwimi
Let government rule. Reduce speculation. Country for moguls. Itumeleng Mohlaba
Where are we to get The bottles and containers If we don’t import? Mais Zuaiter
They like our tacos. Let them import more of them. We will have more jobs. Lindelwa Maseko
We need solutions. Unemployment has gone high. Rulers, do something! Tamim Al Kadasi
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I want to travel. Economics is so good. Check your exchange rates! Diego Tamayo
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Economics rocks! Doing more with less. Innovate to grow. Mariana Almeida
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Students write haikus, The best way they know how to: Keeping it simple. Rudy Herrera Mรกrmol