… hosted by the Wall Street Journal. The two debaters are established stars of the Economics academe, despite being relatively young still, Daron Acemoglu and respectively, Edward Glaeser (by the way, I bet on Ed Glaeser winning this edition’s (2007) John Bates Clark Medal– it is also his last chance, given the rules regarding the age of the recipient; Daron Acemoglu was the latest winner, two years ago).
→ Read more Econlinks for 15-03-’07
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Quite an interesting article in last week’s print edition of The Economist about divorce as a business. Essence: it really matters where the divorce is pronounced (tip: don’t choose England if you’re the rich(er) spouse…).
Quote for the week 11th to 17th of March ’07
I probably have more female friends than any man I’ve ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they’re generally mentally tougher, and they’re better listeners, and they’re more capable of surviving things.
→ Read more 3.14, Church of Pi, Cadaeic Cadenza
A bit extreme for my tastes (I am more than fine with 3.14159, which seems to be also an MIT “chant”, see below), but well, why not ? Happy Pi Day, everybody!
→ Read more Song of the day: “O sonho”, by Madredeus
The song for today is by my favourite Portuguese band, Madredeus (wikipedia entry)- and I’d like to think I got a bit of “feeling” for Portuguese music (and for many other things related to Portugal) from my very good friends Miguel and Carla.
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