In The Economist’s print edition of the 6th – 12th of Jan, a very interesting article notices the official entry of Romania and Bulgaria, “the new kids on the block”, in the European Union.
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Ioan Mircea Pascu si furtul intelectual… sau “Sa ne amuzam cu europarlamentarii romani: primul episod”
In mod normal nu ar merita un entry separat, dar omul nostru e chiar prea simpatic. Cu asemenea europarlamentari, tot inainte! Pana una alta: he totally made my day. Ad majora, dom’le Pascu!
→ Read more Denmark: Happiest lige nu!
This is an absolutely wonderful (and fun to read) article in the BMJ that a short review in today’s NY Times does not do full justice to.
The article explains why the 5.4 million Danes have consistently ranked as happiest Europeans for more than 30 years, on Eurobarometer surveys (they also rank first on the latest World Map of Happiness). → Read more
This is insane
Rafael Rob, Professor of Economics at U Penn was charged with the murder of his wife. Via Marginal Revolution. Certainly not the best way to draw public attention…
→ Read more Quote for the week 7th to 13th of January ’07
…I was not meaning to suggest that people are dumb. There is such a thing as rational ignorance. It just does not pay most people to become well informed about how markets work.
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