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One of the reasons I just love reading Landsburg: he is acid and funny. Here’s something that hopefully will open a longer exchange between him and Krugman: I really think Steve Landsburg is the proper counterpart to Paul Krugman in any debate (NB: Mankiw is great, but too serious and not engaging–understandably– enough in the type of debate Krugman seems to love).
On Noncommutative Geometry, String Theory, and the EU vs. US academe
All this in a 2005 interview with Alain Connes, in Iran (initial link to the PDF of the interview via Tyler Cowen, on MR).
First, I think this is a very welcome, very open interview (several questions/comments are just great, congrats to the interviewers!) → Read more
John Adams on concert coughing
→ Read moreSo the loud cough, most likely completely unconscious, is a way of saying “I can’t handle this, folks. You all may be crowding round Mahler’s deathbed for one final intimate confession.
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Endless Summers (via Mankiw). Supercilious he might well be, but some of us still find him absolutely fascinating– I think I am (in the process of) understanding why :-). Earlier (first bullet point).
Vedrai vedrai…
An old, but eternal, musical masterpiece to start the week, with a well-preserved Luigi Tenco live performance video clip from the 60’s. Lyrics.
→ Read more Grazie, Elena– it is indeed high time I was reminded of Tenco’s superb voice and style.