- Larry Summers on the state of the US economy, a 19th of Dec speech (PDF, 8 pages). The gist is that he recommends fast and aggresive monetary and fiscal stimulus (the latter, mainly through tax cuts), just like (but more detailed than) Martin Feldstein, see my previous post on that.
Author: Sebi Buhai
Song of the day: “Enjoy the silence”, by Depeche Mode
A perfect song for the day; fast and without many further comments since Depeche Mode certainly does not need ’em… In a way, this is an answer to an exchange of comments between me and Dan, a great while ago, on what is my favourite piece from Depeche.
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→ Read moreAs a protest vote, Ron Paul seems fine, but hearing him or reading about him just makes me depressed. A good rule of thumb is not to get too excited about any candidate whose actual election would make the Dow lose thousands of points.
Academia patetica… ad infinitum
Din pacate, din ceea ce a reprezentat odata Academia Romana, eticheta academica a ramas doar in nume; daca institutia s-a remarcat prin ceva in ultimii ani, e vorba de a). cvasi-invizibilitate pe scena academica/educationala/sociala etc.
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…surely we don’t want to wait to hear our adorable President and Prime Minister (talking about Romanians here; warning for all other nations, get your own fools, these are ours!) wishing us all the blahblah, so, ahead of time, here they are.
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