Tom Flesher

Proud jurisprude, future commissioner of baseball, JD, competing strongman, oaked spirits and cigar enthusiast.

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Me in my professor gimmick chatting with some fantastic guys who happen to be great teachers and economists about something really fun!

[Economics Happy Hour 🎙 @EconHappyHour]

We’re sat down with Tom Flesher (@tomflesher) & Noah Trudeau (@EconTrudeau) to talk about their JET SET session on using escape rooms to teach economics & statistics.

Find out how gamification turns a good lesson into a great lesson. Listen now ⬇️
https://t.co/5rGh5wA7mH

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@LawyerCat_ @BadLegalTakes Wake up babe new conlaw hypo just dropped

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@brianmilonas You could tweet this every time CB calls balls and strikes.

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@AmazonHelp Oh, so no one is going to help. Cool.

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@AmazonHelp ordered medical item to a hotel for next day delivery. Delayed. Promised refund has not materialized. Item is stuck in limbo and to get a refund I would need to return it (again, not yet delivered and I am not at the address to receive it anyway). Help.

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@AmazonHelp Seriously? The remedy is that I get to wait another 3-5 days after someone just lied to me to get off the phone?

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@Wootenomics That’s terrible

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@Tony_Deppen Yeesh for a minute I thought this was Jim Cornette

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Very happy to see this one available! Please check it out.

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From canned tuna to Swedish Fish, this activity by Tom Flesher (@tomflesher) teaches students how collusion & market power affect prices.

Based on a real price-fixing case, it’s a fun way to teach market structure.

Available now in Online First: https://t.co/8xAWXC7wIK

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@RoyaltyCanadian @The_MJF It’s NOT. HIS. FAULT.

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My paper on class action issues arising from the price-fixing scandal in the canned tuna market is the Paper of the Day at Touro Law’s Digital Commons!

https://t.co/VzNI66zBWu

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@ChrisANeilson transfer potential, we’re looking at the same things students are in terms of trying to help them maximize their appeal to a “holistic” transfer-admissions process.

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@ChrisANeilson This is a fascinating thread to read from the perspective of faculty at a large open-admissions institution. For us, the analogy is closer to being minor league coaches whose goal is development and “promotion” - and while we have some information about optimizing our students’

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@WesternRebel @Lauderdale11 I’m glad you made this joke so I don’t have to.

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke @Kruggelnomics Thank you again to everyone who presented at or attended #JETSET24. You’re my tribe. @WayneGeerling @Wootenomics 10/10

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Things I learned at #JETSET24:

- Taylor Swift is a source for good, recognizable pop culture examples now that the students aren’t getting my Princess Bride references. @SarahKingEcon 1/?

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke @Kruggelnomics Finally, people love Swedish fish far more than I expected they would, but they were really more impressed with the play money I got from Amazon. 9/?

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke @stlouisfed @econiful - The circular flow model game (Econoland) can be tweaked infinitely to torture students. 7/?

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke @stlouisfed - don’t start with definitions. Start by asking your students to make some predictions. @econiful 5/? (Actually 5 this time)

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke @stlouisfed - Values inquiry has an unexpectedly large effect on both student performance and on student self-efficacy. (This was Aselia Urmanbetova, but I didn’t catch her Twitter handle) 6/?

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@EconTrudeau @EconChrisClarke - Your students don’t understand why inflation is falling but prices are not. A little practice will make it stick. @stlouisfed 5/?