Category: Economics
It's Not Just L.A.
February 24th, 2010NY Times: Progress Slow in City Goal to Fire Bad TeachersThe Bloomberg administration has made getting rid of inadequate teachers a linchpin of its efforts to improve city schools. But in the two years since the Education Department began an intensiv… more »
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman
February 24th, 2010"I am an ardent believer in the free market." - Barack Obama more »
A True Bonus
February 24th, 2010WSJ: Bon Appétit: 'Toxic' Bonus Yields 72% at Credit Suisse Shares in a $5 billion pool of toxic assets distributed as 2009 bonus pay for Credit Suisse Group investment bankers returned 72% last year, people familiar with the situation said....… more »
"Creating" Jobs
February 24th, 2010All Gods Are Not Created Equal
February 23rd, 2010www.churchrater.com more »
You Don't Win Silver. You Lose Gold.
February 23rd, 2010The happy place on the podium
"On average, bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists," said Victoria Medvec, a psychologist and professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Managementv in Illinois.
The phenomenon is a case of c… more »
Cyber Squatting
February 20th, 2010Typos may earn Google $500m a year more »
Bailout Package
February 19th, 2010Linked by DK (of course): WSJ: ‘Too Big to Fail’ Underwear
Also at www.sillyunderwear.com more »
The Economics Of Sex
February 18th, 2010NY Times: The New Math on CampusWhat would men do if they didn't have to impress women? more »
And My eBay Sales Are Up Over $30,000
February 17th, 2010Slate: "Best by," "Sell by," and all those other labels mean very little more »
Spending Others' Money: International Edition
December 23rd, 2009A Small but Telling Example of Government Waste
At White House gift-giving ceremonies, there is always an official present who catalogs the gifts and confiscates them once the foreign dignitary departs. The ceremony at which Italian diplomats presente… more »
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