Econ Soapbox

Red Pen Edit: How Vail Destroyed Skiing

What do you want?

Nov 3 • 

Patrick Gourley

2

5

October 2025

The New Economics of Travel in America

See prices. See price rise. Rise, prices, rise!

Oct 27 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

The Government Shutdown

Shouting at the wind

Oct 20 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

The Fenn Treasure

A microcosm of America

Oct 13 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

Two Reading Skirmishes

A bookish rant

Oct 6 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

1

September 2025

The Job Market for Economists

Not what it used to be

Sep 29 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

1

The Wonderfully Expensive World of Disney

It's still a company

Sep 22 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

Another Terrible Chart (Bernie Sanders Edition)

Who posted this?

Sep 15 • 

Patrick Gourley

The Impossible Economics of Professional Golf

Tennis too

Sep 8 • 

Patrick Gourley

1

4

The Greying of Academia

They keep going and going and going and...

Sep 1 • 

Patrick Gourley

August 2025

The Giant Engine That Could

A case for optimism

Aug 25 • 

Patrick Gourley

3

How not to think about wealth inequality in America

A seductive video and paper

Aug 18 • 

Patrick Gourley

2

3