This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is hosted by Political Calculations (of calculate your own recession probability fame). In addition to PC’s usual dazzling display of cool scripts, Ironman had the excellent taste to designate Econbrowser’s Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble as “The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere”. Which maybe gives y’all a chance to start a new thread for discussion of just what’s been driving the housing market.
Category Archives: here and there
Life on Saturn’s moon?
The mainstream media caught the story of apparent seas made of methane or ethane on Saturn’s largest moon Titan. But there was an even more interesting account about tiny Enceladus.
Creative exam answers
Now this is funny.
Resources for economics students and professors
Here is a collection of links to recent news stories that apply some of the ideas we’ve covered in the principles of economics class I’m teaching at UCSD this quarter.
The Return of Knowledge-Based Policy-Making?
NOAA admits a human role in global warming. OMB drops — based on a critical National Academies of Sciences report –plans to implement a flawed risk-assessment procedure. Are these harbingers of change?
Fiesta Bowl
Could be the greatest game in the history of college football, says Matt Zemek.
Litvinenko
Martin Kelly is your source for news on the death of Alexander Litvinenko.
Ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, Bob
After the learned New York critics savaged my beloved Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical, I was pleased to see that Right Wing Bob knows the score.
Here and there around the web
A few items catching my eye around the web this week, including probability of recession, progress on refining capacity, and Greg Mankiw and his dog.
The economics of email
Last week I received the following email message. I bet some of you did, too.