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1. Markets in everything: Do Stuff for Money.
2. Ezra Klein on administrative costs.
3. Jeff Friedman's Critical Review, special issue on the financial crisis, $$ but recommended; view the abstracts here.
4. Our culture of (pornographic) small bits (totally safe link).
5. Michael Lewis and derivatives and AIG.
6. Superb Dave Leonhardt column on health care and prostate cancer.
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Mobile, Alabama bleg
I'll be there soon and I'll have a free day — maybe even a day and a half — and I'm wondering what to do. For all the talk about markets in everything, I can't find a good guide book on Alabama. This worries me only a little. There is Alabama Off the Beaten Path but first I would like to know the path. Your suggestions are very much welcome and since they are coming in an intellectual vacuum they will have even more influence than usual. (Imagine handing Road to Serfdom to a thirteen-year-old.) What and where does one eat? I'll also be driving on to a talk in Biloxi, in case you know of anything interesting, or any good food, on the Mobile-Biloxi route.
I am, in fact, very excited to be visiting Mobile for the first time.
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1. Ezra Klein's new food column.
2. Washington Post markets in everything? The paper has yet to respond, so do be aware there may be another side to this story.
4. 1959.
5. The Kissing Experiment (2009).
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1. China theory of the day: The Chinese save so much to compete for mates. Should I believe it?
2. Paying interest on reserves, and why it should be easy to disarm future inflationary pressures. Do I believe it? (Brad DeLong comments.)
3. Markets in everything: pirate hunting cruises; should I believe it?
4. Stores are cutting back on variety; I believe it.
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1. Me on the Hebrew Bible, in print.
2. Markets in everything, making solicitors pay.
3. Markets in everything, iPhone apps edition, the photo is safe for work.
4. The economics of *The Economist*, and why it still makes money.
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1. Testing the Schelling tipping point segregation model, done by Bill Easterly.
2. Markets in everything: Ms.Taken, false engagement rings.
3. More on Zeke Emanuel, from TNR.
4. New developments on the origin of life on earth.
5. The Kennedy plan, as seen by the CBO.
How to disappear
Tips from a teacher (markets in everything):
There are three key steps to disappearing. First, destroy old information about yourself. Call your video store or electricity company and replace your old, correct phone number with a new, invented one. Introduce spelling mistakes into your utility bills. Create a PO Box for your mail. Don’t use your credit cards and the like.
Then, create bogus information to fool private investigators who might be looking for you. Go to one city and apply for an apartment. Rent a car in another one.
The next, final step is the most important one. Move from point A to point B. Create a dummy company to pay your bills. Only use prepaid mobile phones and change them every month. It is nearly impossible to find out where you are unless you make a mistake.
Is that last sentence so reassuring? What is his success rate?
Usually, I don’t hear back from my clients. It would be too dangerous.
I occasionally wonder that if I had a) a new identity, b) enough money to live on, and c) a willingness to live abroad and no family for them to threaten, how long would it take a team of ten professional hit men to find me. What would be their optimal strategy of pursuit?
For the pointer I thank Henry Farrell. Here is Henry's interesting post on the surprising success of smoking bans.
Addendum: Bruce Bartlett refers me to www.escapeartist.com.
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1. Markets in everything: strange beds.
2. Lawrence H. White joins our faculty. In addition to his economics savvy, Larry is an expert on surf music and Bollywood.
3. Will England lead the recovery due to its monetary policy? I hope you're all still reading Scott Sumner.
4. Secret Ballot: an excellent satirical movie on whether Iranian democracy is savior or farce.
5. $134 billion in bearer bonds; trying to get to the bottom of the story, via Chris Masse.
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1. Money doesn't matter as much in politics as you might think.
2. How does math look on the new Kindle?
3. Regional variations in Medicare spending, revisited.
4. Markets in everything: monkey-digested coffee (really).
5. Does your Kindle underinspire you? Buy the smell of books, in an aerosol can.
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1. Artists should make more money.
2. Markets in everything: meat dress. By the way, here is a Russian woman who wrote a book on the relevance of the Kama Sutra for chess (scroll down for that info). Or maybe you prefer The Geek Atlas.
3. Daron Acemoglu chapter on economic growth.
4. The rise and fall of E-Gold, with reference to Vera Smith.
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1. Equity markets in everything, this time lawsuits.
2. A new school of thought on sardines.
3. How would the economy look under McCain?
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1. The new Bruce Bartlett book.
2. Markets in everything: smart memory bras, from Slovenia.
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1. Michael Spence defends the Geithner plan.
2. Chimpanzee markets in everything; research is here.
3. Via Michelle Dawson, more on the fMRI voodoo correlations debate; relevant papers can be found here.
4. A tauntaun sleeping bag: do you get the reference?
