October 3, 2008
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October 3, 2008
The Lamps Are Going Out
October 3, 2008
What If the Median Voter Were a Failing Student?
October 3, 2008
Credit Default Swaps
October 3, 2008
How Government Used Fannie and Freddie
October 2, 2008
The International Angle
October 2, 2008
Cochrane and Rogoff on the PBS News Hour
October 2, 2008
Henry Waxman's Hearings
October 2, 2008
Economists' Bipartisan Bailout Opposition
No way! While I found your book most enlightening, I am not as in love with the cover as you seem to be. Secondly, "just $20.20" seems to be quite a bit to pay for a t-shirt. I assume you have bought t-shirts somewhat recently. Am I wrong? If you don't believe me, have a look at other t-shirts that are on sale on the internet. They hire artists to come up with designs. The book design isn't bad, however I don't think it translates well into shirts. I'm wondering what you hope to accomplish with this. How many shirts do you hope to sell?
I am not saying that a shirt isn't possible that expresses your ideas. But it needs to be cool!
I like the sheep picture for a book cover but for some reason it just doesn't look that good on a white t-shirt. (maybe if it was a black shirt and the sheep actually covered the whole shirt?)
I checked out the online store you created Bryan, but I couldn't figure out how to play around with the design (of course I only spent 5 min on it). I'm tempted to say it's not user-friendly but I'm pretty stupid when it comes to stuff like this...
By the way, a lot of my younger, hip friends seem to be into something called "Threadless T-shirts"
http://www.threadless.com/
I've never bought one myself but it sounds like it's all the rage. Maybe the site can give you some ideas on how to improve the design of the shirt?
p.s. $20.20 isn't bad for a shirt if it's a design that I REALLY like. I'd pay up to $40 if it looks cool, and comes with an awesome quote.
Prof Caplan the last thing you need to worry about is "misguided humility" I fail to see any humility at all.
(Hint I have been a little critical of your overall approach here and there)
I do agree with the other commenters. It's a great book cover, but just pasting it right on a shirt doesn't look so grand. Maybe if the shirt's color matched the color of the cover's background? You could even deviate a little from the cover, and just have one or a few sheep under the title. I just don't think a rectangle with a design inside is a good design choice.
How about an Econlog sweatshirt, with the cuneiform thingie and some choice quotes from you and Arnold? I'd buy one.
I'll echo this post; a number of different base colors would be wonderful. Also, the splash of a rectangle on my chest is rather unattractive. How about 'letterboxing' the cover on the tee so the title and the picture of the sheep appear across the chest? The name of the author can appear on the back with a choice of quotes from the book.
Yep, that would be a great idea. Tees, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads, etc...
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Bryan,
While I love your book, and preach its implications to my friends ad nauseum, the question is not merely are voters irrational, but is wearing a T-shirt telling passerby strangers that you think THEY are irrational itself perhaps irrational, if not downright dangerous?
:-)