Marriage and the Market

Marriage has changed from being about specialization and production to being about consumption.
"Hedonic Marriage"
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I find youlack of faith Disturbing

The MovieWavs Page - Star_Wars: faith.mp3

Putting things in perspective

The relative size of markets of financial assets. From the FT

Bloomberg debates whether to buy the presidency

The Borowitz Report .com

Following Father’s Footsteps, Davis Leads Drake Revival - New York Times

Making me feel old. I used to babysit for this kid.


Following Father’s Footsteps, Davis Leads Drake Revival - New York Times

Dani Rodrik's weblog: Trade and compensation

The question of what we should do about inequality is too important to be left to economists.


Dani Rodrik's weblog: Trade and compensation

Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Wall Street Write-Downs: Closing In on $100 Billion

What is the worst case scenario? 250 billion is the worst that I have heard. We might be only half way...

Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Wall Street Write-Downs: Closing In on $100 Billion

Characteristics of Various Policies as Short-Term Economic Stimulus

From the CBO
Characteristics of Various Policies as Short-Term Economic Stimulus

Reason to be Highly Optimistic about the Future

Economist's View: Alex Tabarrok: "Reason to be Highly Optimistic about the Future"

Do no Evil

On some of the ways Google is spending their money.

I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Oh, and We Also Saved the World | PBS

Long-Term Benefits of Securitization

naked capitalism: Wolfgang Munchau Argues for the Long-Term Benefits of Securitization

Asset prices

Might Steve Roach finally be right this time?

naked capitalism: "America’s inflated asset prices must fall"

Greg Mankiw's Blog: Expert Coin Flippers

Greg Mankiw's Blog: Expert Coin Flippers

Economist's View: Have Polluting Industries Moved to Developing Countries?

Mark Thoma says that the reduction of pollution from manufacturing in the US comes 75% from technology and 25% from exporting polluting industries.

Economist's View: Have Polluting Industries Moved to Developing Countries?

Economist's View: Brad DeLong: Three Cures for Three Crises

The problem with forecasting for 2008 is that we do not know what the level of crisis is.


Economist's View: Brad DeLong: Three Cures for Three Crises