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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).
Category: Communism
(Many) Econlinks for the Weekend
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A nice, brief VoxEU note of Willem Buiter on negative nominal interest rates (and their potential desirability). Greg Mankiw also tackled the topic earlier.
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If you’re at all into arithmetics (and not only) you might like this concise exposé on very big numbers (think Ackerman series, Busy Beavers and the like if you are dubious about what “very big” stands for in this context…).
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ONLINE
…highly recommended for anybody interested in Economics, with or without much formal background in this science.
Start, for instance, with an excellent short exposition of “the Economics of Communism“, by Bryan Caplan (recall him as the author of this book you should in no way miss).
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Iulian Comanescu posteaza ceva extrem de interesant pe blogul propriu.
Nu m-as mira ca multe din acuzele aduse lui Liiceanu (si altora din “grupul” sau) sa fie valide, dar din pacate cel care arunca piatra este tocmai bufonul Roncea, un zero barat al jurnalisticii, cu stilu-i binecunoscut (am mai vorbit despre gargaunii ‘mnealui si sunt sigur ca omul nostru e nerabdator sa se afle iarasi in centrul atentiei cat de curand).
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S-a scris deja foarte mult in presa (si in blogosfera…) despre raportul Tismaneanu, cuvantarea lui Basescu, circul lui Vadim & co s.a.m.d. Din ce am am apucat sa citesc in fuga (ramane desigur sa parcurg intregul raport- continutul acestuia fiind categoric cel mai important- si nu condamnarea per se pronuntata de Traian Basescu), de departe cel mai bine scris articol pe marginea evenimentelor din context mi s-a parut Conjuratia imbecilor, scris de Doru Buscu, in Cotidianul.
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