Monday, December 31, 2012

Bad grading idea

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Via Tyler Cowen :  I will submit your papers (blind) to external referees as well as myself for assessment, an A grade will be limited to ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Back when fifty years was a long time ago

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I've noticed over the past year or two that people ranging  from Neal Stephenson  to Paul Krugman have been increasingly open abo...

More on Glaeser and Houston

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From the comment section to my recent post on Edward Glaeser (from a reader who was NOT happy with my piece), here's a quote from Gla...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Glaeser... Glaeser... Where have I heard that name before?

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Joseph's last post has got me thinking that it might be a good time for a quick Edward Glaeser retrospective. Glaeser is, unquestiona...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Disability and work

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Via Brad Delong we have this quote from Eschaton : It's an economist way to think about things, that someone being in the labor force...

Thinking about the math of board games over at You Do the Math

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See if you can guess which topic we're working our way up to today .
Thursday, December 27, 2012

I'll be talking about the future in the future

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And I will definitely be discussing this article by David Graeber and this one by Robert J. Gordon. I have with both (particularly the Gor...

A poverty comment

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There were wo articles that led to me agreeing with Matt Yglesias about refocusing on cash transfers and wporrying less about how the money ...

The difficulties in talking about TV viewership.

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In response to this post on television's surprising longevity, Andrew Gelman pointed out that ratings really have plummeted: [T]he o...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The difference between fantasy and reality

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There are no real surprises in this ABC News story (via Digby ), nothing that common sense couldn't tell you, but given recent statement...

Boxing Day Brain Teasers

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Here are a couple to ponder. I've got answers (as well as the inevitable pedagogical discussions) over at You Do the Math . 1. If a pe...
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Charity

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I am quite in agreement with this sentiment : Obviously there's a risk that some of the money will be "wasted" on booze or ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas from Little Nemo

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And make sure to drive safely.
Sunday, December 23, 2012

As American as Wyatt Earp

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As I mentioned before , today's gun culture is radically different from the one I grew up with. On a related note, the gun rights moveme...

Traditional vs. current gun culture

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Both Joseph and I come from parts of the world (Northern Ontario and the lower Ozarks, respectively) where guns played a large part in the c...