(picture taken by Mathieu Provencher in Lima, Peru) Hello everyone! As most of you probably know, I currently live in Lima, Peru. This city, and indeed this country, has given me many different examples that can be used when teaching Economics. We can find a good array of behaviours here that I would not be able to easily find in my home country, Canada. A person looking for strange and counter-intuitive economic choices does not have to go very far to find such things here.

Hi Guys! Yes I know... a post so fast.. how can you cope with the amazing world of Economics? Well, to that I would answer that you trained with the best!!!!! SO: some companies create their own currencies. I attached an image of what McDonald did here in Lima. In my own country, called Québec, we have a company called Canadian Tire (ahh these Canadians, their companies are all over my country) that does the same. Why would companies create their own currencies? Is that a rea

Ah Peru, I will miss you during these few weeks away from you... Where else can I see things like that! See you guys soon, and don't forget to think like an Economist! Happy Christmas everyone... now, where are my snow boots??? (Lima, Peru; taken by Mathieu Provencher on the 4th of December 2014) #Peru

Peru, one of the fastest growing countries of Latin America: Catching Up from far far away! (Lima, Peru; taken by Mathieu Provencher on the 9th of April 2014) "A Family Bus Ride" #Peru

Ok guys. Let's talk about the Central Bank of Peru engaging in currency operations in order to influence the value of the PEN compared to the USD. If you remember something from my classes, it may be that I said that the efforts of your central bank were "cute" (I may have said plain useless, but I would not say something like that to my fellow Peruvians would I). SO, enough rhetoric from me (who thinks that they are wasting our money) or from them (who thinks they are able t