One of my favorite economists wrote a post dissecting the economics of Star Wars. A fav economics analyzing a fav movie franchise = win. He makes some interesting points about what people’s actions in Star Wars tell us about value-creation–that sometimes you can create value without creating anything.  Merely identifying …

The amazing flight deals to Europe continue!  And more people are jumping in the game. Tiff just passed on this deal from Cheap DFW: Delta and SkyTeam partners have round-trip flights from Dallas (DFW/DAL) to Munich (MUC) or Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) for $498, with a connection. Flights from December to March …

This is crazy.  Someone managed to get themselves onto the air traffic control line and told a plane to land.  The plane also responded to the instructions. In addition, they contacted air traffic control and declared an emergency aboard an aircraft. View from the Wing has all the details on this …