Monday, February 25, 2008

Frozen at Grand Central

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via 2BlowHards

Pakistani Film in India

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Pakistani film on Islam in a rare India screening

History of Evil

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Mockumentary about Evil in western civilization from Ancient Greece to present day.

Cool and Funny Blog

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laughing squid

A muder most foul

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The couple's 2 1/2-year-old son Blake, who was found home alone, gave investigators their first clues to his mother's disappearance ...

Religion in America

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Michael Lindsay , assistant director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life at Rice University, echoed that view. “Religion is the s...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Economics can still rescue a dictator

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These stem from the economic crises that a new government has to face. The urgent measures needed to deal with these could easily destabilis...

Four Country Economic Reviews in 10 minutes

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Videos of IMF Article IV report summaries: India , Afghanistan , Nigeria and France Who should be fired? Related; Should the IMF behave like...

Train Market of Thailand

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via Don Boudreaux
Saturday, February 23, 2008

America in the Middle East - a history

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Michael Oren on " Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present "

Japanese atrocities in China

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Sowell Interview

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Thomas Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies

Trade History Podcast

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Brook on Vermeer's Hat and the Dawn of Global Trade

Know the Market- Ready-Mixed Concrete

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Concrete's natural color is gray. Its favored uses are utilitarian. Its very ubiquity causes it to blend into the background. But ready-...

An Indian perspective on sovereign wealth funds

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via Ajay Shah

Thank you for smoking

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Daily Economics Lessons from Daniel Hamermesh ; The Economist has an article about the worldwide health problem caused by cigarette smoking....

Nepal Economics Blog

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Chandan Sapkota's Blog
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Reading List

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" How Harvard Lost Russia " Ireland's Plastic Bag Tax Shleifer the (counter-)revolutionary Some myths about the rise of China...

Movie recommendation

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Jodhaa Akbar Jodhaa Akbar, is a story about contemporary India and the world we live in, not about Akbar the Mughal King.

New Econ Blog

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Oxonomics
Friday, February 22, 2008

IT in Government

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The electronic bureaucrat A recent survey from The Economist on technology and government. OMB Going Paperless: the Draft FY09 Budget Releas...

Podcasts

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Susan Wachter Calls U.S. Housing Decline `Unprecedented' Easterly Says Bill Gates Has `Blind Spot' in Poverty Aid Harvard's Haus...

Assorted Small States

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Reforming the Labor Administration in Bhutan A Picture Worth A Thousand Words How important are the Data collected in the World Bank’s Doing...

More Free Reads

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Free online economics books

Emerging-Disease Hot Spots

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First Map of Emerging-Disease Hot Spots Map of zoonotic pathogens from wildlife, shown from lowest occurence (green) to highest (red)

Doing Business in Egypt

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Rachid Mohamed Rachid, the minister of trade and industry of Egypt

Exxon Mobil vs Hugo Chavez

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The Great Ant Scam of China

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Death Penalty For Chinese Ant Farm Scammer A Chinese business executive was sentenced to death for swindling $385 million from investors in ...

Free Reads

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Money, Banking and Financial Markets Stephen G Cecchetti Chapter 5 Understanding Risk Chapter 15 Central Banks in the World Today Chapter 16...

Bloomberg's New York and secrets of its success

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New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told World Bank Group employees in Washington Thursday that "the free, global movement of labo...

A Primer on US Budget

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America's Priorities: How the U.S. Government Raises and Spends $3,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) Per Year by Charles Konigsberg Related; W...

New Blogs from World Bank

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People, Spaces and Deliberation East Asian and Pacific on The Rise

Terminator's Drastic Cuts

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's Budget Related; The Red Ink State Let's start with the culture of overspending in Sa...

Movie Recommendation

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Be Kind Rewind Related; Hollywood and the internet

Thai chewing gum commercials

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Been traveling a bit this week. Have a great weekend.

Jason Rose vs The Economist magazine

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Financial magazine The Economist has failed in its attempt to gain control of the internet address theeconomist.com . The address was not tr...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Under-appreciated Econ Blogs

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My Favorite Econ Blog for February Twenty-Cent Paradigms
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Gadgets for Lonely Girls

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20 toys for girls that don't look like, er, toys for girls

Meet the Economist- Ben Olken

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A profile of Ben Olken; Olken wonders whether economic devel­opment and the path to democratization are shaped more by broad historical forc...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

American Schools Trail Behind

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Report: American Schools Trail Behind World In Aptitude Of Child Soldiers A shocking new study finds U.S. children lag far behind their inte...

Rodrik's students are lucky

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I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for sending my resume to ... 2 years ago.... I love my job mainly because I get to do what I...

Philosophers advising government and other podcasts

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Philosophers advising government This week two examples of philosophers providing ideas and advice to governments. One has been successful, ...

Democracy in Iran

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“The story of the Iranian revolution is similar to the story of other revolutions,” he said. “It was a restoration of people’s rights and li...
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Democracy is 'akin to selling different brands of soap'

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A good reminder from Tyler Cowen- It's an Election, not a Revolution ; The reality is that democracy is a very blunt instrument, and in ...

“Thank you, U.S.A.”

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In declaring independence, Kosovo’s prime minister, Hashim Thaci, a former leader of the guerrilla force that just over 10 years ago began a...

Arvind Panagariya speaking on "India: The Emerging Giant"

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A discussion at SIPA, Columbia Related; From inconvenient truths to the audacity of hope

Need a motivation to become vegetarian

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The Long, Cruel Road to The Slaughterhouse US orders massive recall of beef I Love You, but You Love Meat No-holds-barred carnivores, for ex...

Assorted

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The Economics of Love Will the FTC Allow Microsoft to Buy Yahoo? What's a Fiscal Authority to Do? The Economics of Consumer Finance P...

Is Inflation Targeting Suitable for the United States?

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Is Inflation Targeting Suitable for the United States? ( podcast) Featuring; Moderator: William A. Niskanen,Chairman, Cato Institute Bennett...

Choices for Pakistanis - a dictator or corrupt politicians

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The Politicians Interviews with Asif Ali Zardari , Nawaz Sharif , Shaukat Aziz , Imran Khan The Voters The Lesson from Others Rather than b...