Todd Richard Yarbrough
@econotodd.bsky.social
Economist, Prof at Purdue University, Director of Student Experience/Business Partnerships for Purdue Econ, East Tennessean, Vol for Life, Tired Parent.
Supply and demand is just a theory...
May 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Supply and demand is just a theory...
When I tell students that I'm hopelessly an economist, this is what I mean. My legitimate attempt to explain to my son why lying, even if your friend is also lying, is a bad (suboptimal) choice.
April 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When I tell students that I'm hopelessly an economist, this is what I mean. My legitimate attempt to explain to my son why lying, even if your friend is also lying, is a bad (suboptimal) choice.
Oh no! My computer may blow up!
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Oh no! My computer may blow up!
December 15, 2024 at 8:36 PM
A fresh blanket for campus. #PurdueUniversity #FinalsWeek
December 13, 2024 at 10:12 PM
A fresh blanket for campus. #PurdueUniversity #FinalsWeek
Mornings in house Yarbrough vol. 1
Me: OK, bud. Let me get a fire going and then I'll make your toast.
Him: OK, Daddy.
<10 mins later>
Me walking to kitchen to make toast: Hey, bud, check out this fire. Nice one, huh?
Him: Where's my toast?
Me: OK, bud. Let me get a fire going and then I'll make your toast.
Him: OK, Daddy.
<10 mins later>
Me walking to kitchen to make toast: Hey, bud, check out this fire. Nice one, huh?
Him: Where's my toast?
December 7, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Mornings in house Yarbrough vol. 1
Me: OK, bud. Let me get a fire going and then I'll make your toast.
Him: OK, Daddy.
<10 mins later>
Me walking to kitchen to make toast: Hey, bud, check out this fire. Nice one, huh?
Him: Where's my toast?
Me: OK, bud. Let me get a fire going and then I'll make your toast.
Him: OK, Daddy.
<10 mins later>
Me walking to kitchen to make toast: Hey, bud, check out this fire. Nice one, huh?
Him: Where's my toast?
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 2, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Happy to announce the inaugural Pace University Economics Society Speaker Series featuring Wojciech Kopczuk from Columbia University!
Tuesday, Oct. 24th from 7-8pm in Student Center East.
Taxation in the 21st Century: Fiscal Sustainability and Income Inequality
Moderated by me!
Tuesday, Oct. 24th from 7-8pm in Student Center East.
Taxation in the 21st Century: Fiscal Sustainability and Income Inequality
Moderated by me!
October 9, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Happy to announce the inaugural Pace University Economics Society Speaker Series featuring Wojciech Kopczuk from Columbia University!
Tuesday, Oct. 24th from 7-8pm in Student Center East.
Taxation in the 21st Century: Fiscal Sustainability and Income Inequality
Moderated by me!
Tuesday, Oct. 24th from 7-8pm in Student Center East.
Taxation in the 21st Century: Fiscal Sustainability and Income Inequality
Moderated by me!
The thing about negative externalities is that sometimes they’re used to market the externality inducing good! #TeachEcon
September 27, 2023 at 8:54 PM
The thing about negative externalities is that sometimes they’re used to market the externality inducing good! #TeachEcon
The Fiscal Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from the U.S. States - Omer Bayar, Todd Richard Yarbrough, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 24, 2023 at 5:03 PM
The Fiscal Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from the U.S. States - Omer Bayar, Todd Richard Yarbrough, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...