January 9, 2007 - The Sebastian Buhai Blog

Denmark: Happiest lige nu!

This is an absolutely wonderful (and fun to read) article in the BMJ that a short review in today’s NY Times does not do full justice to.

The article explains why the 5.4 million Danes have consistently ranked as happiest Europeans for more than 30 years, on Eurobarometer surveys (they also rank first on the latest World Map of Happiness). → Read more

This is insane

Rafael Rob, Professor of Economics at U Penn was charged with the murder of his wife. Via Marginal Revolution. Certainly not the best way to draw public attention…

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Quote for the week 7th to 13th of January ’07

…I was not meaning to suggest that people are dumb. There is such a thing as rational ignorance. It just does not pay most people to become well informed about how markets work.

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Broker’s Bier Börse (ideally, with Belgian beers…)

Neaparat ceva ce trebuie incercat la Cluj: un loc unde pretul berii creste sau scade in functie de cerere si oferta, analog ideii berlinezilor de la Broker’s Bier Börse (sfat gratuit, din nou- vezi si un entry asemanator pentru masa la restaurant– doar pentru cei intreprinzatori).

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