The recipients of the 2012 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (no really, that’s what it’s officially called) are none other than Al Roth and Lloyd Shapley. (Those of you who picked either of them in the Nobel pool can collect your prizes now.) In related news, Stanford seems to [...]
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And Your 2012 Econ Nobel Winners Are…
October 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments
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Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Paul Krugman?
July 30th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Macroeconomics · Policy · Uncategorizable
Like any good geek, I listen to NPR while at the gym. (I will admit that the speakers’ cadence is usually a little slow for my treadmill stride frequency, but I make it work.) My favorite program for this purpose is probably Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, mainly because it’s more upbeat and less serious than [...]
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The Economics Of The Olympics…
July 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
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Today on About.com, I posted about an economic report from Goldman Sachs that discusses several economic predictions for the 2012 summer games. Among my favorites are: Gold Goes Where Growth Environment Is Best–Using Our GES to Predict Olympic Medals The Olympics as a Winning FX Strategy Impact of Olympics on Stock Markets (I have to [...]
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Joe Stiglitz, Bill Maher, And The Answer To A Long-Standing Question Of Mine…
June 25th, 2012 · 12 Comments
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Dear Bill Maher, I’m gonna level with you- you and I have pretty much the quintessential love-hate relationship going on here. (Granted, this relationship is most likely asymmetric in a rather Red Sox-Yankees sort of way.) Sometimes I think you are super funny and insightful and just want to sit and smoke some weed with [...]
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Science Versus The World, Violent Video Games Edition…
May 10th, 2012 · 6 Comments
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Hmmm… My first thought is to wonder if this is the article that the guy read: EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AGGRESSIVE COGNITION, AGGRESSIVE AFFECT, PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL, AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will [...]
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