May 2012
The greatest films of all time - Roger Ebert's... →
Yet another #economisttotalfail by John Peet →
Why you can't trust tech press to teach you about... →
Don't Know Much About (Ancient) History -... →
Walter Jon Williams: “My native language isn’t English. The problem is, I don’t know what language my native language actually is.” http://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2012/04/native-language-a-flashback/
April 2012
Skilled Workmen in Demand Despite Vast... →
The American Conservative » The Frumming of Cato →
Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand's ideas: in the hot seat... →
Barnes & Noble & Microsoft APRIL 30, 2012 BY JOHN SCALZI: “People are asking if I have any thoughts about the just-announced partnership between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft in the eReader market. My major immediate thought about it is: Oh, good, a robustly-funded competitor for Amazon in the eReader market. That makes for three major eReader portals/ecosystems (the other being...
Regex Tester Online →
Thank you Dan Kuehn: “Facts & other stubborn things: Keynesians on NGDP-growth paths: Confusing arguments” http://factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.com/2012/04/keynesians-on-ngdp-growth-paths.html I don’t know what game your target thinks he is playing, but it is not a truth-game or a discourse-game
Spain will get worse without reform and European... →
FT Alphaville » Black Scholes and the formula of... →
Madoff Costs Surpass Victim Payouts as Strategy... →
Bolton and Romney on Foreign Policy Daniel Larison April 30th, 2012: “Edward Luce needs to work on his terminology: ‘Even the “paleocons” warmed to Mr Romney. At the start of the year John Bolton, the fire and brimstone former US ambassador to the UN, endorsed Mr Romney even though Newt Gingrich promised to make him his secretary of state.’ Obviously, Bolton isn’t a “paleocon” by...
Microsoft to Take Stake in Nook Unit of Barnes &... →
Felix Salmon http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/04/30/microsoft-enters-the-e-book-wars/ : “We finally have a real three-way fight on our hands in the e-book space, between three giants of tech: Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft. And that can only be good for consumers.”
John Quiggin: “All forms of classical economics involve, in one form or another, the claim that the causes of unemployment are to be found in labour markets… Say’s Law… the New Classical macroeconomics of Robert Lucas and the attempts by Real Business Cycle theorists like Kydland and Prescott to explain cyclical fluctuations…. The crucial problem for all these theories is...
In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out... →
“Danila 04.30.12 at 11:26 am: I am always surprised, and a bit disturbed, by the...”
– The Economist fails the Turing Test again — Crooked Timber
Henry Farrell: The Economist fails the Turing Test... →
Air France Flight 447: 'Damn it, we’re going to... →
Review: Berkeley's BeBop gives Korean food a... →
Ed Luce: The neocons are back vying for a seat in... →
Larry Summers: Growth not austerity is best remedy... →
"The Economics of the Colonial Cringe," about The... →
"A Berlin Consensus?" by Andrew Sheng | Project... →
Deborah Solomon: Will TARP Make a Profit? That's... →
Paul Seabright: The War of the Sexes: How Conflict... →
Peter Orszag: Surviving ’Taxmageddon’ Without... →
Paul Krugman: We're Doomed →
101 Free Resources for Bond Investors →
Breaking: Private company does indeed plan to mine... →
"Ideas over Interests" by Dani Rodrik | Project... →
“Derivatives risk remains poorly understood” By Craig Newman and David Daniels: “Those who entered into credit default swaps, interest rate swaps or other swap derivatives with Lehman have learnt that the law offers scant protection when a bank goes belly up…. Most swap derivatives contracts required customers to post cash collateral with their counterparty, which was...
Larry Mishel: The Wedges Between Productivity and... →
Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein: “We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party…. “Both sides do...
Berkeley AirBears/VPN Guest Account Manager →
Simon Wren-Lewis http://goo.gl/B44KW : Microfoundations and Evidence
Evan Soltas →
April 30-May 7 Is Going To Be Huge - Business... →
Paul Krugman: Four Fiscal Charts →
The wedges between productivity and median... →
Amy Finkelstein wins John Bates Clark Medal - MIT... →
Ben Bernanke: "Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of... →
Google on Kansas City’s new Internet: We’re... →
What Hath Bernanke Wrought? « Uneasy Money →
Rajiv Sethi: On Rational Expectations and... →
