It happened almost two months ago (see last bullet point here), so I’ve thought it is about time I gave you some impressions about my Tokyo trip :-). Obviously I do not plan to get into what you can find described in detail online, e.g.
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Weekend econlinks
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Sharing information in scientific research: yes/no/when. Interesting, but the analysis here is applicable only in the context of some sciences (arguably, not most). Moreover, sharing by means of co-authorship is discussed at best indirectly (if one is willing to expand on their repeated interaction game thread…).
The Wine Spectator’s Wine of 2009
The highest rated in terms of points (99/100) of top 10 is number 8, a 2006 Flaccianello .
This was the wine of the year for 2008. → Read more
On U2’s poverty of music trap
“We will be lending African musicians to U2 to try to refurbish their sound to satisfy the urgent and growing needs for diversionary entertainment at a time of crisis in the global music and financial sectors.”
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Acemoglu on how nations can get rich: “Fix incentives and you will fix poverty. And if you wish to fix institutions, you have to fix governments“
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Blogossary. With some definitions completely redundant.