I’ve just read (and recommend) this excellent short essay by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on the evolution from productive to hedonic marriage. Here’s an excerpt:
So what drives modern marriage?
Is there or is there not?
→ Read moreIt occurred to me that maybe there was no Romanian translation of the sentence “Do you know who I am?” — which would have been the first thing out of an American director’s mouth in a similar situation.
Econlinks for 20-01-’08
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I made a mistake last time when I mentioned Gelman and Cai’s recent research on whether the US political parties would gain from shifting their position on the economic axis, focusing on the Kerry vs.
Quote for week 13th to 19th of Jan ’08
→ Read more[…]The gift of early insight into chess or math or music is often also accompanied by a growing obsession with those activities, simply because of the wonders of connection and invention that unfold in the young mind.
CEO of the Princeton Economics Department
See also a nice NYTimes article on the former CEO of the Princeton Econ Dep & current CEO of the Fed :-). Reading that you’ll also get a concise overview of the history and function of the Fed, with emphasis on the current situation in the US and the big test Bernanke is facing.
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