Saturday, December 26, 2009

Singer and Easterly

Well worth 46 minutes on Boxing Day
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Excellent Hamilton post

On stock prices (also read the November 2008 and Spring 2009 posts)
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

JB on DM

Here. methink: he too kind. But at least he says:
Moyo is less convincing, however, when she tries to argue that aid itself has been the crucial factor holding Africa back, and she verges on deliberate provocation when she proposes terminating all aid within five years -- a proposal that is both impractical (given existing long-term commitments) and unhelpful (since an abrupt withdrawal of aid would leave chaos in its wake).
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Feynman on rubber bands

the great physicist talks like a character from "The Sopranos"
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Surely

Surely, no sentence beginning with the word ‘surely’ can validly contain a question mark at its end? However, one paradox is enough for one article …” This was Paul Samuelson
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Paul Samuelson passed away

Here's Krugman
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Strange and interesting places

This place is not too far from Cafasse
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Back from Beirut...

The traffic is out of control, people claim that it is because the city has now several working traffic lights. Here is Dani Rodrik on traffic lights and institutions.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Website I shoudl check daily

The browser (thanks to manu manu)
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