Hair Length and the Demand for Haircuts Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Aug 28 2006 SHARE POST: Puzzle: When is demand for haircuts higher? When short hair is in fashion, or long hair? Or is the relationship more complex? I’ll post my preferred answer tomorrow.
Aug 29 2006 Microeconomics Hair Length and the Demand for Haircuts, II Bryan Caplan Several readers basically share my solution to the haircutting puzzle. Namely: Hair length per se is irrelevant to the demand for haircuts. What matters is the acceptable range of hair length - roughly speaking, the difference between the shortest acceptable length and the longest acceptable length. If your hair gr... 11 Read More
Aug 28 2006 Growth: Consequences Growing into Freedom Bryan Caplan Heard of the Magdalene Asylums? Long story short: They were quasi-prisons in Ireland for "wayward" girls and women, run by nuns. To sustain themselves economically, the inmates ran Magdalene Laundries. Check out the movie The Magdalene Sisters; and if you think it's just anti-Catholic propaganda, think again. The... 1 Read More
Aug 28 2006 Microeconomics Hair Length and the Demand for Haircuts Bryan Caplan Puzzle: When is demand for haircuts higher? When short hair is in fashion, or long hair? Or is the relationship more complex? I'll post my preferred answer tomorrow. 16 Read More