Nu, nu am mancat fasole, asortata cu tzuica… Pe de alta parte totusi cred ca 1 decembrie este o ocazie speciala in care se pot face- cel putin in teorie- multe lucruri speciale si nu sunt neaparat atat de negativist cum este (deocamdata) Dan (critic da, insa de la critica la pesimism extrem si neincredere totala e ceva distanta).
→ Read more Friedman-Fenwick vs. Shmidlapp (and raising minimum wages in USA…)
I kept updating my entry on the minimum wage controversy in the USA with new posts by Greg Mankiw. And yet again thanks to Professor Mankiw’s blog (he does have a great influence on me, doesn’t he!),
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Via Greg Mankiw’s blog: a great video of a very recent interview (1st of Dec) with Steven Colbert at the Kennedy School of Government. It starts after about 4 minutes of Colbert intro clips.
→ Read more Good intro to opera
I’d very much like to believe I am no longer “fresh to opera”, but I still found Tyler Cowen’s post on how to get started with opera extremely informative. In fact, I regret not having had such a “guide” when I first got interested in opera.
→ Read more Comisie prezidentiala pentru analiza si elaborarea politicilor din domeniile educatiei si cercetarii
Din cand in cand mai auzim si vesti excelente legate de Romania si- chiar- de politica ei (citit astazi pe site-ul Ad-Astra). Cel putin la o prima vedere. Raman sceptic referitor la intentiile si abilitatile domnului Basescu (un scepticism diferit de cel al lui Octavian Paler insa, ar trebui sa se subinteleaga…), dar cu asemenea initiative creste mult in ochii mei.
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