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Month: September 2008

Best paragraph I’ve read this past weekend

…is the following part from Rob Shimer’s letter to Greg Mankiw (posted on Mankiw’s blog):

In closing, let me mention one other issue that I take very seriously. I recognize that this might not matter much to my Congressman, but in my view it may be the most important issue for global welfare.
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Author Sebi BuhaiPosted on September 28, 2008September 26, 2014Categories economics, quote, quote of the week, USA

Econlinks (old and new)

  • To blurb or not to blurb, this is the new question…
  • Pigovian taxation on everybody’s understanding, by Greg Mankiw
  • Denmark at the frontier once again (with Tyler Cowen spotting it very fast): free gym membership as long as you show up every time…
  • Beer or wine and science (this is really fun, by the way and perhaps expected?
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Author Sebi BuhaiPosted on September 26, 2008September 26, 2014Categories Denmark, economics, fun, publishing, USA, wine

A bit of (interesting) Aarhus University history

I was away, in Amsterdam, on the occasion of the 80 years anniversary of the Aarhus University (AU); hence I’ve only read now the AU rector’s speech . It turns out to be quite informative and most of it has got a lot of sense, while remaining at the same time concise, rare species in terms of public speeches nowadays :-).
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Author Sebi BuhaiPosted on September 23, 2008September 26, 2014Categories academia, Denmark, education

For a Bailout Press 1

This is too good not to be mentioned: Alan Neff in the Washington Post on the automated bailout hotline.

Via Greg Mankiw, who is—obviously— pretty pissed off with the recent massive bailout proposal.

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Author Sebi BuhaiPosted on September 21, 2008September 26, 2014Categories economics, fun, USA

The phrase of the day

Thanks goodness we bailed out Bear Stearns back in March if we hadn’t we might have lost Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and who knows what else.

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Author Sebi BuhaiPosted on September 15, 2008September 26, 2014Categories economics, fun, quote, USA

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