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.
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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.
→ Read more Sugestie pentru Ad Astra: de ce nu faceti o petitie pe tema asta?
As vrea sa cred ca majoritatea celor care au obtinut doctoratul in Romania ar fi de acord cu o petitie pe tema asta. In plus poate exista in MEdC (sau mai sus) si persoane mai capabile decat acestea.
→ Read more Denmark: Happiest lige nu!
This is an absolutely wonderful (and fun to read) article in the BMJ that a short review in today’s NY Times does not do full justice to.
The article explains why the 5.4 million Danes have consistently ranked as happiest Europeans for more than 30 years, on Eurobarometer surveys (they also rank first on the latest World Map of Happiness). → Read more