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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Neel Kashkari: Brother, Can You Spare a Job? - WSJ

Neel Kashkari: Brother, Can You Spare a Job? - WSJ

Auto Correct - The New Yorker

Auto Correct - The New Yorker

Stumbling and Mumbling: The economic base of virtue

Stumbling and Mumbling: The economic base of virtue

ResPublica's call for more virtue in banking looks like it is out of step with our times. This is an indictment not of ResPublica, but of our times. In fact, virtue is necessary for a healthy free market economy because virtuous men do the right thing without law, and so virtue is an alternative to an arms race between ever-increasing regulation and ever more cunning attempts to game such regulation. Free markets, in this sense, need a moral framework.




Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Visualizing MBTA Data

Visualizing MBTA Data

William Deresiewicz's Ivy League Essay Ignores Financial Aid Students | New Republic

William Deresiewicz's Ivy League Essay Ignores Financial Aid Students | New Republic

Not So Fast Nanex. Debunking the HFT Ford Study — Medium

Not So Fast Nanex. Debunking the HFT Ford Study — Medium

Special Treat: All Things Charlie Munger [SUMMER READING]

Special Treat: All Things Charlie Munger [SUMMER READING]

How the Government Exaggerates the Cost of College - NYTimes.com

How the Government Exaggerates the Cost of College - NYTimes.com

American aid to Israel doesn’t seem to buy any leverage. Why? - Vox

American aid to Israel doesn’t seem to buy any leverage. Why? - Vox

Why Ivy League schools can laugh off the disruption “threat” - Quartz

Why Ivy League schools can laugh off the disruption “threat” - Quartz

Byron Wien's Outlook - Barron's

Byron Wien's Outlook - Barron's

Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Help Wanted: Jobs in Trucking Go Unfilled - WSJ

Help Wanted: Jobs in Trucking Go Unfilled - WSJ:



Not a skills mismatch, but a pay mismatch. At least the WSJ now writes it in the article.





 But a key benchmark of labor-market health—wages—hasn't climbed substantially in recent months, suggesting that although some employers say hiring is difficult, they haven't felt pushed to raise pay to attract workers. Average hourly earnings for nonsupervisory workers rose 0.2% in June from May