Showing posts with label Back to Basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Back to Basics. Show all posts
Sunday, November 20, 2011

People to Watch- David Berlinski

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He is the author of numerous books, including The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and It Scientific Pretensions (Crown Forum, 2008; Basic Books...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Measures of economic well-being in UK

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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Take an IT Course from Stanford for Free

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Introduction to Databases and more
Thursday, July 8, 2010

21st Century Social Networking Tools- the basics

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David Pogue gives a basics guide to social networking tools; As a public service, therefore, I’m offering a handy clip-’n’-save guide to ...
Sunday, March 7, 2010

Schelling Quote- The Very Basics of Game Theory

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"If I go downstairs to investigate a noise at night, with a gun in my hand, and find myself face to face with a burglar who has a gun i...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

John Kay's ‘long walk’ problems

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For years, I have identified what I think of as ‘long walk’ problems - knotty issues that are best tackled if you can get away from it all....
Thursday, September 4, 2008

Assorted Writing Tips

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Stiglitz the Omniscient ; When writing a novel, one of the things you have to decide is point of view. If you focus on one character, your p...
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Monday, August 11, 2008

Assorted

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Why Are Exchange Rates So Difficult to Predict? Building a Better World: Infrastructure's Role in Economic Growth Clearing the Roadways:...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Explainer on Turkey Crisis

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So people can wear tank-tops to the universities? Sure, no problem with that. When we talk about Turkish secularism it's almost a misnom...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Angus Maddison on Chinese Growth

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Measuring China’s Economic Performance (subscription required) Angus Maddison & Harry X. Wu China is the world’s fastest growing econ...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Must Read Macro for the Day

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Calvo vs Krugman ; Guillermo Calvo is one of my favorite economists. But — you know there had to be a but — I just don’t buy his latest miss...

Assorted

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Urban congestion China Quarterly Update, June 2008 A Simple Proposal to Make Exam Grading Easier Mike Myers 'Love Guru' movie offen...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Link of the Day

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Understanding Uncertainty

Maths Pocast of the Day

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Probability ; Heads or tails? It’s a simple question with a far from simple answer. One that takes us into the strange and complex world of ...

Try the following spelling bee words

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eidetic : marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall, especially of visual images. hemotrophe : the nutritive substanc...

Visions of the Future

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Space elevator More here and here
Thursday, May 15, 2008

NAMA

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A simple guide — NAMA Negotiations Non-agricultural market access negotiations
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Law Book Recommendations

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Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges by Antonin Scalia , Bryan A. Garner How Judges Think by Richard A. Posner
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Assorted

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World Bank Scorpions ; Also on Monday, the bank announced the retirement of Praful Patel , its vice president for the South Asia region. Thi...
Thursday, May 8, 2008

Why Do Some Countries Remain Poor While Others Grow Rich?

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Econ Talk of the Day- Dani Rodrik answers the question Related; Turkey Country Economic Memorandum The twentieth-century experience: half e...