Brits ask “A penny for your thoughts?” and Americans respond with “Just my two cents”. At current exchange rates ($1.00 = £0.80) this means Brits are receiving 1.6p of American thoughts for just 1p. In this paper we propose an alternative asset pricing model for the marketplace of ideas, considering—
@kate I worked with a teacher at an alternative school who would make the joke, "If I asked a penny for your thoughts, and you gave me your two-cents worth, is that inflation?"
He was a trained negotiator (like learned from a diplomat who helped broker peace treaties) who was the teacher that would come in when someone was causing a disruption. He was built like a fireplug and looked, and could act, tough, but was one of the nicest, sweetest guys there.