…and of course I’ll be there on Monday to check out what they’ve got to say! By the way: you see above the very first picture on this blog :-).
Category: politics
Romanian politics: “dizzying heights of absurdity”
An interesting article in The Times about the ongoing political scandal in Romania. I agree with the part of “dizzying heights of absurdity“. The rest is not impartial. → Read more
Econlinks for 13-05-’07
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an excellent (wide-audience targeted) article on the upside of income inequality, by Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy. Greg Mankiw also writes about it (and singles out exactly the fragment I wanted to single out).
Chapeau bas, inca o data! Cred ca e chapeau^4
Desi a facut si oaresicare prostii inextricabile (pe care prefer- let me rephrase: am un strong preference – sa nu le discut) care la un moment dat m-au determinat sa ma intreb daca plusurile sale nu au fost decat variatii de la o medie dominant-mediocra, sunt fericit sa descopar ca Darius Groza e categoric pe calea cea buna (alternativ, in cel mai rau caz, “dezvoltarea” sa poate fi descrisa printr-o miscare browniana cu un drift pozitiv :-)).
→ Read more Fun with Rogoff and Wolfowitz. And hedging against a (Presidential) change, in general
Amid all the scandal around the World Bank boss, Paul Wolfowitz and his (required/demanded/expected, by most) would or would not-be resignation, here’s a very recent leaked memo from him to his staff (Ken Rogoff has been rather careless and leaked it to the press :-)).
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