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Is economics on topic for everyday science?

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Is economics considered on topic for "everyday science"?

There are many everyday situations which seem counterintuitive from an economics perspective, but a closer look reveals interesting forces at work. The book Freakonomics goes over some of these, as does the authors' blog. These seem like a good fit wrt the spirit of the proposal.

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As I understand it, this sort of thing fits well with what I had in mind, yes. I had already intended that the site would include practical economics questions related to household finance; understanding why e.g. something at the supermarket is priced how it is, seems as relevant as anything to do with capitalizing (literally?) on that price.

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