# Dhaka Economist

> Discussing higher ed, economics, policy, philosophy and the mundanity of human existence


## Posts

- [Who volunteers to review proposals for the AIR Forum, and why?](https://dhakaeconomist.com/who-volunteers-to-review-proposals-for-the-air-forum-and-why/): So I am right now at AIR and the conference is wrapping up.
- [Goodbye You Big Yellow Spirit in the Sky](https://dhakaeconomist.com/goodbye-you-big-yellow-spirit-in-the-sky/): My first Spirit Airlines flight was in 2015. It may have been late summer or early fall. All I remember is that I didn't need a jacket.
- [Who presents at the AIR Forum?](https://dhakaeconomist.com/who-presents-at-the-air-forum/): I went to the AIR Forum for the first time last year in Orlando.
- [Reserved Seats, Awkward Conversations vs Enforceable Contracts and Transaction Costs](https://dhakaeconomist.com/reserved-seats-awkward-conversations-vs-enforceable-contracts-and-transaction-costs/): I went to see Project Hail Mary today, and while driving there, I got to thinking about how late I was, and whether my seat would still be empty and not taken up by someone else.
- [Games as a way to teach concepts in class](https://dhakaeconomist.com/games-as-a-way-to-teach-concepts-in-class/): I went to a workshop called Let's Play: Designing and Using Games in Your Classroom, led by Dr. Tamara Stenn this week.
- [Where this is going.](https://dhakaeconomist.com/where-this-is-going/): Sure, after 4 years of silence, it feels a little strange to write posts on a schedule, but as I spend time thinking and charting on what I want to do here, I feel like writing an update will help solidify my thoughts too.
- [Still Here. Starting Things Again. The Internet Still Survives](https://dhakaeconomist.com/still-here-starting-things-again-the-internet-still-survives/): It has been a while. And in some ways, some days, I feel like a lot of you in that we live in the darkest timeline.
- [UK's Dip in Trade with the EU](https://dhakaeconomist.com/uks-dip-in-trade-with-the-eu/): While the beginning of the pandemic and the forced lockdowns and border closures resulted in an initial dip in UK's trade with the EU, the final realization of Brexit is having an immediate and potentially a longer reduction in trade volumes.
- [Tallest Buildings in the World](https://dhakaeconomist.com/tallest-buildings-in-the-world/): I was playing around with some easily scrapable data and Tableau. Might add Wikipedia page links for each of the buildings too.
- [Why does net neutrality matter?](https://dhakaeconomist.com/net-neutrality/): In the past year or so, a contentious ‘fight’ about net neutrality has been taking place in the US. You may wonder “why should I care?” If you are a person who uses the internet for more than five minutes a day, you should care because it may soon affect you. Whether it is checking your emails while stuck in Dhaka traffic, scrolling through Facebook and Instagram posts on your phone, or watching YouTube or Netflix videos at home – all of those things are likely to be affected by how this issue plays out in the US.
- [Can you buy Uber's Ride Pass?](https://dhakaeconomist.com/can-buy-ubers-ride-pass/): The availability of Uber's Ride Pass is not based on a limited number of passes that are available on a first come first serve basis, but rather it is a customized offer to certain Uber customers. In an experiment, a few of my friends and I simultaneously tried to purchase the Ride Pass and only I succeeded. This is useful information that will be relevant in our upcoming analysis of economics behind the Ride Pass.
- [Uber Flat Fares](https://dhakaeconomist.com/uber-flat-fares/): For over a year, Uber has offered a limited monthly pass program that allows discounted rides to its users in a few large cities around the US. The pass is a great deal if you can get your hands on it. This is the first part of a series of three posts on the Uber monthly pass looking into how the pass is structured, how it has changed over time and some of the economics behind it, and how a hypothetical graduate student’s demand function for transportation changes in response to changes in the structure of the Uber pass.
- [A Start](https://dhakaeconomist.com/start/): About the author: I am a curious economist working in Institutional Research, an obscure little field most people stumble upon, like I did. We are the folks who conduct research for a university, about the university. This website is mainly an outlet, an idea that I had started on a few years ago, but got distracted from when life put other things on my plate. The blog will mostly involve posts discussing economics and policy issues and other things from my mundane life. I spend an inordinate amount of time reading and thinking, but don't often finish my thought or write it down. This should encourage me to bring a little structure and organization to these ruminations.

## Pages

- [Mixers or Butters](https://dhakaeconomist.com/games/mixers-or-butter/)
- [Candy Game](https://dhakaeconomist.com/games/candy-game/)
- [Teaching Economics with Games](https://dhakaeconomist.com/games/): Whenever I taught Principles of Micro or Macro, there would be days that I brought candy to class.
- [Macropolis - Learning macroeconomics through a game](https://dhakaeconomist.com/learning-macroeconomics/): Most students spend half a semester learning that aggregate demand is AD = C + I + G + (X-M) in a Principles of Macroeconomics class.
- [Guide to Macropolis](https://dhakaeconomist.com/guide-to-macropolis/): Demand policy moves the economy around its potential output. Only capital, labor, and technology move potential itself.
- [All Posts](https://dhakaeconomist.com/all-posts/)
- [Home](https://dhakaeconomist.com/): Hey there! I am Rizwanur Rob, an economist and institutional researcher working at the intersection of higher education, applied policy analysis, data, and teaching.
- [Chapter 1: How Demand Works in Education](https://dhakaeconomist.com/chapter-1-how-demand-works-in-education/): Every year starting from March, (though some get decisions even earlier because of early decision or early action) a sort of ritual unfolds in households across the country.
- [Useful and easy games to play in class](https://dhakaeconomist.com/useful-and-easy-games-to-play-in-class/): Economics can sometimes be easier to understand when you experience it, rather than reading or listening to a lecture.
- [What is economics? Some basic concepts](https://dhakaeconomist.com/what-is-economics-some-basic-concepts/): People often hold a mistaken belief about economics, thinking it has something to do with money, finance, or the stock market.
- [Learning Microeconomics](https://dhakaeconomist.com/learning-microeconomics/): A chapter-by-chapter exploration of microeconomic ideas — using schools, colleges, and universities as the running case study. No prerequisites.
- [Higher Ed](https://dhakaeconomist.com/higher-ed/): Higher education is in the middle of something. And it is not a slow change either.
- [Teaching Resources](https://dhakaeconomist.com/teaching/): A collection of materials from my time teaching introductory economics at Northeastern University.
- [Working Papers](https://dhakaeconomist.com/workingpapers/): A list of my current working papers. These papers represent ongoing work and so might not be the latest version of the paper.
- [About](https://dhakaeconomist.com/about/): I grew up in Dhaka - raised in that loud, sprawling megacity that is one of the most densely populated in the world. Dhaka, also means hidden, in Bengali.

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