The 19th Century economist's famous steps on building and communicating economic models. One of my all-time favorite quotes. …
Excel Tip: Multiple Pivots with Report Filter Pages
If you've read my blog, you'll know that I love PivotTables.Subscribe for more Excel tips and get your free ebook on getting "Hired with Excel." One nuisance with PivotTable is report maintenance. If …
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In Defense of Long Tail Majors
Two books that have influenced my thinking lately are Tyler Cowen's Average is Over and Kevin Carey's The End of College. I even wrote a blog post on the latter.Both imply that comfortable …
Wealthy vs. Wise? Education’s Senseless Divide
Become a better analyst. Subscribe.I am passionate about education of all kinds.At my liberal arts college, I was in everything from the classics honorary to the orchestra to the political economy …
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It Takes Two to Price
Ben Yi wrote a great piece on Uber's surge pricing, how it works, and thoughts to improve it. I left a brief comment on Ben's post which I'd like to share. I've argued before that a good business …
What’s that Red Dot? Excel Cell Commenting
Cell comments in Microsoft Excel are marked with a red triangle in the upper-right of the cell. Insert a new comment with Shift + F2. These are helpful for making notes or observations of your data, …
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