The best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
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Hot Stephen Colbert and cool QJE
These days are very busy, but I can’t pass on this one. Stephen Colbert has the best comic moment of the months! Among other things, he is so hot that he was on the cover of the Quarterly Journal of Economics (that’s the best part of the clip :-), Greg Mankiw rightly picks on that part) but, particularly, even Paulina Porizkova admits that – now, is there anything else to desire ?
→ Read more Movie scene for the week 8th to 14th of April ’07: Sean Maguire’s ‘monologue’ from “Good Will Hunting”
“Good Will Hunting” is one incredible movie (remember my movie top 1-25: this one can easily slide in there and is for sure in my current top 30- stay tuned for that, as soon as I’ll get some time, I’ll post further my top 25-100…).
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An interesting editorial in the NYTimes by Hal Varian, on the fashion industry and its laissez-faire attitude inasmuch copyrights are concerned. With conclusions valid for other industries as well… Link via Greg Mankiw’s blog.
Pas de Deux of Sexuality
All known, all known, but very concise and well presented in yesterday’s NYTimes. Best thing I’ve read this week! Interesting excerpts:
“I’m not even sure females have a sexual orientation.
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