Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

There is some risk to increase birth defects if you do a lot of outdoor gardening when you are pregnant. That can increase rates of toxoplasmosis.

Good household decision-making often relies on thinking about your household like a firm.

One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.

When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.

Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring.

Education campaigns ... may not be enough, at least not alone. If people have no incentive to avoid AIDS on their own, even if they know everything about the disease, they still may not change their behavior.