... can interact with yours and, hopefully, produce something new and interesting Building your model So let’s skip the literature part for now and try to get to the modeling Lucky for you, all economics ... How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time Hal R Varian Most of my work in economics involves constructing theoretical models Over the years, I have developed some ways of doing this ... views—you are much more likely to be original if you plunge right in and try to develop your own insights Third, your ideas need time to incubate, so you want to start modeling as early as possible...