Eikonomics

  • A tombola with a bias

    The other day I attended a street festival in a nearby street here in Cologne. Like any other street festival it offered a range of activities: home made food and cakes; flower headband workshop; and, of course, a tombola (also known as raffle in some places). Me, my partner and her brother purchased 5 tickets…

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  • Can Ali Baba insure against Svala winning Eurovision tonight?

    As I was scrolling through Facebook earlier I came across a post by one of my favourite Facebook friends, the kebab place in Reykjavik called Ali Baba. The first reason why Ali Baba has become such a good friend on Facebook is of course that they make the tastiest kebab place in the country. It…

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  • Are movies getting longer?

    The other day I was watching the fantastic film Spotlight. After two hours and eight minutes the film concluded and two thoughts popped into my mind. First thought related to how incredibly important investigative journalism is to our societies and how it is of uttermost importance to make sure that this institution lives on. My…

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  • The Birthday deficit – where are all the Christmas babies?

    Recently Haukur, one of my best and dearest friends, posted something interesting on Facebook: Since my blog is in English and this Haukur status is in Icelandic on Icelandic subject, I think a rough translation and explanation might be required for the swarm of the non-Icelandic speaking Eikonomics readers. In his post Haukur refers to a “fun-fact publication” released…

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  • 5.2% of everybody saw Justin Timberlake last night—in Iceland

    Last night Justin Timberlake (JT) sent the roof flying of some unpronounceable sporting arena in Iceland. While a well-executed concert by one of my generation’s greatest pop icons is always good news I found the attendance statistic even more interesting. The concert was attended by no less than 17,000 people. That might sound like peanuts…

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