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Assorted links
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1. Virginia Postrel on the economics of bubbles.
3. Frog picture; recommended.
4. Robot density.
5. We’ll do the next two chapters of Keynes on Monday.
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1. Humane Studies Fellowships, from Institute for Humane Studies.
2. New Ed Glaeser book on housing policy; free and on-line.
3. Why does a Senator’s seat solicit a bid of only $500K?
Sometimes it is enough to reproduce the headline
Japanese site tracks stinky areas using Google Maps
I thank Caleb and Yana for the pointer.
Addendum: But no, it’s not enough. I missed this part from the article:
A few examples: watermelon smell, ferret odor, old lady stench, gasoline fumes, and curry.
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Apologies for the double post
Typepad won’t let us erase the bottom (duplicated) entry on Keynes, as it no longer shows up on our screen of posts. The top entry will accept comments, the bottom one won’t, so stick with the top entry. We are still bugging them for better service.
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1. Best science books of the year?: the best book list so far this year
2. The age of mass intelligence
3. On-line Keynes, from Brad DeLong
5. Karaoke rage; recommended
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1. The economics of public speaking
2. Eric Posner’s theory of pardons
4. Bryan Caplan on moderate Islam
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Leave your comments here on Keynes and money wages
This is Tyler, not Alex, but typepad is again not accepting comments on my posts for technical reasons. Typepad, please clear up this problem!
In the meantime, you can leave your comments here.
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1. The world’s "most unanswered" music questions.
2. Secular Right blog
3. Most popular Japanese phrases of 2008.
4. From economics to Mahler; his recording is good although my favorite 2nd remains Stokowski with the LSO.
5. French list: 20 best books of the year
NYU Austrian economics blog
Thinkmarkets.wordpress.com, featuring Mario Rizzo, Roger Koppl, Sanford Ikeda and others.
On another front, typepad is working (once again) on re-enabling comments on my posts. In the meantime, go leave some comments over there.
Market Design blog
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1. Good French meals: not in France
3. Markets in everything: a tunnel complex in central London
5. Paul Krugman: What to Do
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1. Prices, Poverty, and Inequality: Why Americans are Better Off Than You Think, by Christian Broda and David E. Weinstein. The full text is free on-line at the link.
2. The economics of Scientology.
3. 5, 322, and $4250 are the relevant numbers in this story of a journal run amok. Shocking (or is it?).
4. NYT 100 Notable Books. It’s an OK enough list and you can think of these as the mainstream picks.