September 2009
11 posts
What do the following high-profile disasters have in common: World War I,...
– arXiv blog, Technology Review
Q: … I told my wife that she should feel happy by how fondly I view her,...
– The Undercover Economist, Freakonomics Blog, NY Times
What Have VCs Really Done for Innovation?
– TechCrunch
Minsky called his idea the “Financial Instability Hypothesis.” In the wake of a...
– Why Capitalism Fails, The Boston Globe
Part of the reason why U.S. banks are keeping these homes off the market is so...
– Housing Bottom - Oh Really? Jeff Nielson, Seeking Alpha
Early Risers Crash Faster Than People Who Stay Up... →
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Early birds may get the best worms—or at least the best garage sale deals—but they also tire out more quickly than night owls do. In a new study researchers Christina Schmidt and Philippe Peigneux, both at the University of Liège in Belgium, and their colleagues first asked 16 extreme early risers and 15 extreme night owls to spend a week following their...
As I see it, the economics profession went astray because economists, as a...
– How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Paul Krugman, New York Times
If you are an economics-minded parent of young children, like me, then you may...
– The Economics of Fairy Tales, Economix Blog, New York Times