October 2011
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Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims share...
The 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was jointly awarded today to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”.
Thomas J. Sargent, currently a professor at New York University, is a macroeconomic theorist who has contributed substantially to the fields of pure macroeconomic...
July 2011
2 posts
Former top McCain economist: We must raise the... →
Study: "No link seen between cellphones, brain... →
June 2011
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“…too square for hippies and too hip for squares.”
– Time magazine, panning the animated movie Yellow Submarine upon its 1968 release in US theaters by United Artists.
April 2011
2 posts
Jonathan Levin wins Clark Medal
Stanford University economics professor Jonathan Levin is the 2011 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal.
The Clark Medal, awarded by the American Economic Association, honors the most promising United States economist under 40 years of age. Previous winners include Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, Paul Krugman, Larry Summers, and Steven Levitt.
Jonathan Levin’s professional homepage,...
The Population Bomb: How we survived it →
December 2010
3 posts
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
– John Lennon (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980)
“Tyranny of all kinds is to be abhorred, whether it be in the hands of one, or of...”
– James Otis, Jr., The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 1764
November 2010
2 posts
“Society can be governed only by general rules. Government cannot accommodate...”
– John Adams, Letter to James Sullivan, 26 May 1776
“…our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more...”
– Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779
October 2010
2 posts
Why the Leopard Got Its Spots →
Yay, evolution!
Boo, losing one of the greatest evolutionary biologists!
Q&A with Rahm Emanuel: His first Chicago interview →
September 2010
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July 2010
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Tim Harford: Why we still love board games →
May 2010
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No proof of mobile cancer risk, major study... →
April 2010
1 post
Esther Duflo wins Clark Medal
MIT economics professor Esther Duflo is the 2010 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal.
February 2010
2 posts
Charlie Wilson dies at 76 →
Government Snow Day! →
December 2009
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Danish study: Mobile phones "have not increased... →
October 2009
1 post
Olmert visits University of Chicago, hostility... →
July 2009
1 post
John Scalzi explains the creative life cycle of... →
April 2009
2 posts
Saez wins Clark Medal
University of California-Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez is the 2009 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal.
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite In defence of... →
December 2008
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Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite Samuel... →
September 2008
2 posts
USC 35, OSU 3 ??? →
Maualuga’s “touchdown”…worst call in NCAA football I’ve ever seen.
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite What are our... →
August 2008
7 posts
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite The experience... →
“…your new book… ‘All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t...”
– Stephen Colbert, to author and academic John McWhorter
“…Hillary Clinton giving…what is no doubt the most watched and most...”
– Anderson Cooper, from the CNN Democratic National Convention broadcast
Hillary-viewing music
I find it strangely appropriate to listen to Squirrel Nut Zippers (softly in the background) while watching Senator Hillary Clinton’s Democratic National Convention speech. Maybe it’s the retro-ness.
“‘kludge’, noun. (pl. kludges)
1. (electronics engineering) an...”
– Me and Wiktionary
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite Charlie Rose... →
More interview with Austan Goolsbee.
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite The economics... →