Am mai scris pe marginea dezbaterii legate de cercetarea stiintifica in Romania, criterii de evaluare si promovare in ierarhia stiintifica s.a.m.d (eg. aici sau aici). La ora aceea inca nu aparuse articolul din Romania Literara, din iunie, al lui Gheorghe Ceausescu , un “om al literelor”, sa spunem asa.
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Nicolin-Buhai: 1-0
Alex Nicolin (unde ti-e weblogul?!), un tip foarte simpatic pe care l-am cunoscut recent, fizician cu hobby-uri in fotografie, lingvistica si multe altele, imi trimite mesajul urmator. Recunosc ca are dreptate si ca m-am grabit si imi fac mea culpa si cred ca si altii ar putea invata din asta… Deci chapeau, Alex!
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Obviously Greg Mankiw is following this debate much more closely than I am, which is very good since I can profit from it and just follow Professor Mankiw’s very recent links to it, on his popular blog.
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Din cand in cand mai auzim si vesti excelente legate de Romania si- chiar- de politica ei (citit astazi pe site-ul Ad-Astra). Cel putin la o prima vedere. Raman sceptic referitor la intentiile si abilitatile domnului Basescu (un scepticism diferit de cel al lui Octavian Paler insa, ar trebui sa se subinteleaga…), dar cu asemenea initiative creste mult in ochii mei.
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I largely agree with Gary Becker and Richard Posner with reference to the Democrat proposal for raising the minimum wage in the USA. Despite the fact that the proposal is also supported (and to some extent, ignited to start with) by many remarkable economists, I do not think there is any undisputed, clear, evidence that the benefits would outweigh the costs, and moreover there are better alternatives that can be used towards the same (declared) goals (as, for instance, the Earned Income Tax Credit, first championed as the “negative income tax” by the late Milton Friedman; as Posner discusses in his post mentioned above, why not work towards making that more generous, since the EITC is probably a less inefficient tax than the minimum wage).
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