Far more important than the forthcoming US Presidential Election is the awarding of the Nobel titles this year. The official Nobel prizes will be awarded starting next Monday (see the schedule).
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Econlinks (old and new)
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To blurb or not to blurb, this is the new question…
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Pigovian taxation on everybody’s understanding, by Greg Mankiw
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Denmark at the frontier once again (with Tyler Cowen spotting it very fast): free gym membership as long as you show up every time…
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Beer or wine and science (this is really fun, by the way and perhaps expected?
For a Bailout Press 1
This is too good not to be mentioned: Alan Neff in the Washington Post on the automated bailout hotline.
Via Greg Mankiw, who is—obviously— pretty pissed off with the recent massive bailout proposal. → Read more
The phrase of the day
→ Read moreThanks goodness we bailed out Bear Stearns back in March if we hadn’t we might have lost Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and who knows what else.
The next thing is to inquire whether the saints are listening…
The empirical conclusion from this analysis is important. A little prayer does no good and may make things worse. Much prayer helps a lot.
If Jim Heckman says that, it’s gotta be true. → Read more