Daca nu ar fi scrisa cu picioarele si in dorul lelii, poate cineva ar da atentie acestei petitii. Eu zic sa mai incercati o data. La rece. Poate nimeriti macar numele corect al ministrului.
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Democracy for sale
I thought the ‘new life sale on eBay’ was the ultimate proof that economics is ubiquitous, that markets are in everything and everywhere, anytime, but I now found another candidate for that.
→ Read more On raising the federal minimum wage in USA, again
So what’s new? There is now a very interesting survey in the EconJournalWatch, which asks a set of questions to the 659 economists (some of them top researchers whom I always admired and admire- not necessarily for their views in this context, though) who signed the formal statement released by the EPI, concerning a raise of the federal minimum wage.
→ Read more Rich libido
Since my blog is not a “family blog” like MR , I should be able to talk without inhibition about this :-). So I try. Not that we didn’t have already a hunch about this, wealth comes with better sex lives (bloody Joop, he kept telling me this all the time- money and women and sex and the rest- ok, ok, you’ve got a point my friend, though not the whole truth…).
→ Read more Gapminder, now on Google tools as well
I once blogged (among other things) about this extremely interesting and welcome software, Gapminder, developed by Hans Rosling and his team from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. It seems that the software is now included as part of the google tools, which makes it even more popular and easier to disseminate everywhere.
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