One has to look at this with the caveat that the subjects ‘interviewed’ in this clip are what one calls a ‘selected sample’ (there is really no subject who makes any sense), hence it is a matter of stretching the logic quite a lot to generalize anything to “Americans”, as a whole, from watching it.
→ Read more Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman (and my opinion on Krugman’s essay)
Quite a long essay of Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman, in the New York Review of Books. I must say I would only call “fascinating”, as Greg Mankiw does (with a shadow of irony, I’d like to hope; he couldn’t have read the entire article, otherwise), its first part, up to the 3rd section (part which is also well written and informative, I’d say, also for persons who did not have formal training in Economics).
→ Read more Summarizing Proust
I’ve seen this Monty Python clip many times by now, but I am still not able to stop laughing when watching it. Obviously the first prize could only have gone to the girl with the biggest tits!
→ Read more Economii virtuale
Recunosc ca nu as fi crezut ca Iulian Comanescu sa stie ceva (alternativ, sa fie interesat de) despre proiectul stiintific al lui Edward Castronova, dar iata ca ma surprinde (placut) de data aceasta.
→ Read more Petitii si…petitii
Daca nu ar fi scrisa cu picioarele si in dorul lelii, poate cineva ar da atentie acestei petitii. Eu zic sa mai incercati o data. La rece. Poate nimeriti macar numele corect al ministrului.
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