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Enter Neuroeconomics…once again.
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An excellent obituary for Leo Hurwicz, by Eric Maskin. Turns out it was indeed great timing to award him the Nobel last year (Hurwicz is the oldest Nobelist to date).
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Apparently, the Harvard Society of Fellows are (were) not so great wine tasters :-)– interesting story and excellent experiment by Steven Levitt, on Freakonomics
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New business idea: trading in soccer talent. Brazilian, for the moment.
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Ed Glaeser with a well done overview of Ehrlich & Ehrlichs’ new book. And a conclusion that one can only hope will resonate with many: “Ironically, the very success of environmental alarmism has convinced many of us that the environment is too important to be left to the environmentalists.”
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The Cowles Foundation Monographs online!
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The secret to a happy marriage is to be annoying. I sort of vaguely start to understand my parents…
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Greg Mankiw on “What if the US presidential candidates pandered to economists?” . And don’t be too cynical.
