Murdering economics in my spare time
I've devised a theory (suppress groans).
Even if you've only the vaguest idea of economics, you'll have heard of a supply curve, in which at any given price P, the quantity Q willing and able to be supplied increases proportionately.
The supply curve of labour, then, involves a curve in which at any given wage W, the amount of hours (H) willing and able to be worked increases proportionately.
As so:
But in higher economics you learn about a phenomenon called a backward-bending labour supply curve, in which, as wages approach astronomical CEO-type levels, the amount of hours you're willing to work actually diminishes, i.e. the more money you're earning, the less you'll have/want to work and the more time you can devote to leisure. Hence:
My theory goes as such: the supply curve of my writing historically shows that for any given amount of idle thought (I), the amount written (W) increases proportionately.
However, recent empirical evidence has demonstrated that a phenomenon called a backward-bending idleThinK supply curve has transpired. Due to the unhealthily low levels of internet access, I have now accumulated such astronomical quantities of cognitive (post-worthy) nonsense that the amount written is actually diminishing:
Consequently I haven't put a pen to so much as half a sentence since I left for England, never mind posting any of it. And the inspiration is leaking out in other unhealthy ways, viz. a crazed look in the eyes when I'm crossing the road, and a fetish for crackling through the fallen leaves in the gutter.
So instead I've come up with this piece of nonsense. I am sorry.
PS - A note to those whom I owe emails: I'm getting round to it. Patience. :)