I’d have many problems with some of the ideas put forward in there (eg. Emil Boc’s role in Cluj’s development for instance is highly overrated– a cost-benefit analysis would most likely arrive at the opposite conclusion; the whole idea of the article is to convince people to invest in advertised property on that site, hence the general upward bias in the assessment; there is then the entirely ignored idea of spurious rises in property price, aka a possible bubble on everybody’s language etc.–
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Econlinks for 19-09-07
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Ian Ayres’s prediction tools online. Although predicting things like how long your marriage would last or how long you’ll live might also catch the interest of some, my favourite by far is predicting the value of Bordeaux.
Libertatea de alegere in educatia pre-universitara
…e atacata frontal in ceea ce constituie cea mai recenta mostra de imbecilitate a MEdC. Se intampla desigur in Romania, un stat care, pe hartie, se declara “neutru fata de orice credinta religioasa sau ideologie atee“.
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Cat despre
a. decorarea post-mortem a Patriarhului de catre Presedintele Basescu (pur si simplu in calitatea defunctului de Patriarh al BOR si ignorand complet trecutul ‘problematic’–caveat lector: dovedit— al acestuia; Dan Tapalaga e singurul jurnalist-analist-etc.
→ Read more Highly recommended: ‘Intelectualii publici- mod de intrebuintare’
Ultimul capitol din cartea lui Adrian Gavrilescu, “Noii precupeti. Intelectualii publici din Romania de dupa 1989” (carte despre care am mai scris aici si aici) e un sumar-epilog excelent al unui studiu deosebit de interesant si, din cate stiu, unic in peisaj autohton.
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