Friday, December 30, 2011

The sum of all fears = 183

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Seeing the world from other perspectives is a good way to start the new year. With that in mind you should pony up the dollar for a download...

Yes, another talking baby video, now with informed commentary

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This is actually the first half of the conversation. They both come from a blog called Twin Mama Rama and they've generated quite a bit ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

A quote from Coase

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A nice quote from Ronald Coase : If you torture the data long enough, it will confess. While this comment can be taken too far and explo...

The scandal isn't that the New York Times is one of our worst papers; the scandal is that it's one of our best papers

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In yesterday's NYT , Rachel Donadio had a report on Italy that included this sentence: Germany has adamantly opposed what it sees as re...

Adam Smith

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At one point I used to be a huge advocate for re-examining Adam Smith's theories in the wealth of nations.  I was perplexed at how the w...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

You have to wonder what they're thinking

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Those of you with a low tolerance for cute might want to give this one a pass, but if you've got any interest in developmental linguisti...

If you're following Burn Notice online

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Hulu slipped the last couple of episodes in under cover of darkness for unusually brief runs. You can still catch them if you hurry.
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I think we also need to page Mark Palko

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Today's new patent  is from Apple, US patent #8,082,523.  It is best described as: In other words, anything you’d recognize as a smart...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Does strong government help?

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The comment thread on this piece is well worth reading.  In the piece, itself, Noah Smith is pointing out a possible reason for people to a...

Introducing the Ddulites

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I've got a new coinage I'll be referring to quite a bit in some upcoming posts so I thought I'd give it a link of its own rather...
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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Is there an economist is the house? Casey Mulligan edition

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After Christmas dinner, I did some web surfing and came across the following from Noah Smith : Two posts back, I explained why the " Gr...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Happy Holidays

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Layoffs

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Jeff Grubb has a very interesting window into how corporations act to try and create endless cycles of growth: And part of it is that the c...
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Do copyright extensions drive innovation? -- Hollywood blockbuster edition

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After all this time on patents, I thought we'd give copyrights a turn. One of the standard arguments for stronger intellectual proper...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Two telling quotes from Bill Adair of PolitiFact

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Politifact has come in for a lot of criticism recently, some of it from surprising sources. Ramesh Ponnuru of the conservative National Revi...
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