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Incentives and globalization, a brief but very interesting interview with Luis Garicano. Topics tackled here are CEOs, football, and…everything else.
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Geography of the recession in the USA. Thanks to Fred for the link!
Kevin Murphy Fan Club
I had already a quote for this week, so the following will be the quote for the weekend:
Kevin Murphy holds comparative advantage in all forms of production.
Read all 10 top facts about Kevin Murphy :-).
Spelling quiz
I thought it would be piece of cake, but I only had 23 (out of 27) correct (though two mistakes had to do strictly with American English vs. → Read more
Oysters
→ Read moreYou start with an oyster. You put it inside a large olive. Then you put the olive inside an ortolan (a wee bird called ‘the garden bunting’, in case you are among the underprivileged), and the ortolan inside a lark, and so on and so on.
Tánc a hóban
Aside (several) superlative classical and jazz concerts I have recently attended in Amsterdam and London (might come back with an overview later on), this one masterpiece by the Hungarian band Ghymes (official, wiki) is something I am literally obsessed with, lately.
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