We know already what the general outcome would be, given Obama’s popularity outside USA, but still, interesting initiative from The Economist. Can you guess which country will have the highest proportion of Blue votes; France looks like a strong candidate, as of now.
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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):
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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.
Econlinks (old and new)
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To blurb or not to blurb, this is the new question…
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Pigovian taxation on everybody’s understanding, by Greg Mankiw
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Denmark at the frontier once again (with Tyler Cowen spotting it very fast): free gym membership as long as you show up every time…
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Beer or wine and science (this is really fun, by the way and perhaps expected?
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. → Read more
The phrase of the day
→ Read moreThanks 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.