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Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Rummy
“I’m not an apologist for Secretary Rumsfeld,” he said. “He’s a son of a bitch. And I told him that.”
FT.com / Books / Non-Fiction - Known knowns of Rumsfeld’s reign
FT.com / Books / Non-Fiction - Known knowns of Rumsfeld’s reign
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Googland: [G] Google Latitude for iPhone
One word of advice: Never.
Never, ever think about adding this to your iphone.
But I have a feeling this is in the future for Ken and Gene.
Googland: [G] Google Latitude for iPhone
Never, ever think about adding this to your iphone.
But I have a feeling this is in the future for Ken and Gene.
Googland: [G] Google Latitude for iPhone
Creative Destruction: What's Next?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I have noticed that there is an explosion of restaurants and other service businesses in empty retailing spaces.
Creative Destruction: What's Next?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Creative Destruction: What's Next?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
When to stop reading a book
That stack of unread books on my shelf shows that I am economically rational.
What would a philosopher say?
Marginal Revolution: When to stop reading a book
What would a philosopher say?
Marginal Revolution: When to stop reading a book
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Endowment Model
And how it can work for individuals.
What a Difference a Year Makes! Endowment, Buy and Hold, and Tactical Returns – World Beta – Engineering Targeted Returns and Risk
What a Difference a Year Makes! Endowment, Buy and Hold, and Tactical Returns – World Beta – Engineering Targeted Returns and Risk
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
What Makes Health Care Different?,
Three points about why people are adverse to paying for health care.
What Makes Health Care Different?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
1. Paying for health care is like paying for sex. People want healing to come as a gift, and paying for it demeans its value.
2. People who need health care are suffering. When someone is suffering, to compound their suffering by demanding payment feels immoral. I have noted the similarities with usury--which was deemed morally repugnant because back in the day the borrower was likely somebody who was having trouble feeding his family, not somebody who was trying to develop a fancy shopping mall.
3. Robin's view is that health care is something we want to give to others. It isn't so much whether your terminally ill grandmother wants hip surgery or not. You want her to have the best quality of life possible in what little time remains. Robin would say that, even more important, you want to signal to her and to others that you want this.
What Makes Health Care Different?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Lens of Hypergamy
Are you Hypergamous?
Economist tries to explain something best left to philosophers.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Economist tries to explain something best left to philosophers.
The Lens of Hypergamy: An Application, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Palin and Her Enemies - NYTimes.com
A balanced elitist view of Sarah, by the NYT no less.
Op-Ed Columnist - Palin and Her Enemies - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Palin and Her Enemies - NYTimes.com