Nu este prima oara cand primesc asemenea email-uri (si intuitia imi spune ca nu va fi nici ultima…). Mai precis, am primit pana acum 8 (opt) astfel de mesaje (le pastrez pe toate), in ultimii 3 ani, pe acelasi topic, de la cadre didactice universitare din Romania.
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Quote for week 25th to 31st March ’07
The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.
Milton Friedman
→ Read more France just opening UFO files- I know what’s going on!
It is very clear why they chose to do this right now. The Franch ‘Man in Black’ can finally prove that the French ‘Lady in Red’ (more details here or, particularly, here on Dan’s blog and comments section) is a dangerous alien.
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Joe Stiglitz comes forward with a set of sound arguments for the fact that prizes are much better than patents in medical research (and not only). Greg Mankiw wonders (and he’s got a big point there…) how to support those prizes other than via higher tax rates (I don’t think the competence of the prize committee is a problem…).
Economic debate on the role of democracy for economic growth and on the role of human capital for democracy
… 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).
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