Usually I hate “educational” versions of rap songs (where are the wide screen TVs and girls shakin’ they thang?). That said, this does have something going for it….
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Usually I hate “educational” versions of rap songs (where are the wide screen TVs and girls shakin’ they thang?). That said, this does have something going for it…. According to this article (don’t read it, it’s stupid) George Soros has launched “a $50 million effort to purge economics of its free-market zeal.” What free market zeal? I’ve never noticed any free market zeal: most economics taught to undergraduates seems decidedly statist in its leanings, so much so that I suggest to my [...] Tim Worstall has a post on Dickensian poverty. Apparently a teacher’s union leader has commented that: Terence Kealey wrote this article for the New Scientist magazine. In it his makes some pretty big errors and perpetuates some myths that should not be perpetuated. Here is the letter I sent him with my criticisms: “If you oppose stimulus spending and the stimulus doesn’t work then according to Prof. Frank it is your fault that it didn’t work.” There are lies, damn lies and statistics…….and there’s lying about statistics. I copy underneath a letter I wrote to the Times a few days ago which they seem to have decided against publishing. Anybody who knows me knows I hate identity politics. Ross Parker asks in the context of welfare benefits for single parents: Superb post (and discussion – read the comments) comparing UK and US sports leagues over at Crooked Timber. This video shows the enormous power of signalling through prices. Beautiful! People assume that the $2 hugs must be better, else why would he be charging $2 when the other hugs are free? Maybe the cost of his hugs is higher – more passion, more squeeze – so he has to charge [...] |
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