Reaching for the stars in Romania. Nice article on Ad Astra, Romanian science and education in general– and also nice brief profiling of Razvan Florian and Liviu Giosan, the Ad Astra “founding fathers”.
→ Read more Month: November 2008
Chapter 11 for Detroit’s automakers
Best sentence I’ve read today:
If Chapter 11 cannot save GM, then nothing can.
This is from the recent VoxEU opinion by Joshua Rauh and Luigi Zingales, proposing a bankruptcy to save General Motors.
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Greg Mankiw’s memo to the President-Elect; there is a chance Obama might actually listen, given how fast Mankiw’s comment changed things here :-).
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The secret pleasures of Dr. Doom: and you still wonder why Roubini has so many fans among the young economists?!
Wine of the Year: Casa Lapostolle, Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005
Wine Spectator’s best wine for 2008 is a Chilean wine produced from a blend of Carmenère, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon; see also the video commentary by Wine Spectator’s Senior Editor James Molesworth. → Read more
My whereabouts in the next few days
Time for tea, research & more… → Read more