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marginalrevolution.com - 1/7/2009
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1. H5N1 update, per reader request ; there is more here . 2. Me on fiscal stimulus on NPR . 3. What is the 11th best job ? 4. Can you use hypocrisy to change people's behavior ?
economistsview.typepad.com - 1/13/2009
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— economistsview.typepad.com — Audacity itself as economic experiment - Los Angeles Times Dynamic Scoring - Employment, Interest, and Money More... on Agglomerations - The Bellows Did Gary Becker Really Argue Complete Crowding-Out? - pgl Hassett and the Paradox of ... (more) links for 2009-01-13
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economistsview.typepad.com - 1/5/2009
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— economistsview.typepad.com — The myth of the riskometer - voxeu.org CRE Crash Spreading - Calculated Risk Cheat, Pray, Love -... James Surowiecki Fed Officials Worry Inflation Rates Could Ease Too Much - RTE Who should get the federal stimulus funds - Ed ... (more) links for 2009-01-05
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economistsview.typepad.com - 1/12/2009
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— economistsview.typepad.com — Why there's so little good evidence that policy works - Nick Rowe Social agency and rational choice... - Understanding Society We're Borrowing Like Mad. Can the U.S. Pay It Back? - washingtonpost.com The Case for Bigger Government - ... (more) links for 2009-01-11
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The visible hand in economics — Via the Wall Street Journal we have discovered a list of “job rankings” (ht Marginal Revolution). Economics manages to place itself at number 11.  Something to do with stress places Accounting above us - however, I would still suggest doing an economics degree if you have the chance

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