blog.mises.org - 3/12/2009
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In September of 2009, it will be sixty years since the appearance of Ludwig von Mises's Human Action, one of the truly great "classics" of modern economics. Not only among Austrian economists but also for a growing number of other people, Mises's brilliant treatise continues to be read and ...
Economists: more human than you think!
tvhe.co.nz 4/9/2009 — I like the preface to Bryan Caplan’s new book, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids . He says:
I doubt that “They’ll help me out when I’m old,” has ever been a good reason to have kids. Love tends to run downhill; as an old saying ruefully observes, “One ...
Two Boxes. Sixty Pounds. Tiny Type. What Are We?
alephblog.com 4/3/2009 — Box 1: Uh, pardon for the interruption, but we’re going to blog for David while he works on a research piece for Finacorp.
Box 2: Tireless, isn’t he?
1: I wouldn’t know, and neither would you. We’ve only been here 14 hours.
2: True. The UPS guy was a hoot when he ...
The Baseline Scenario - Human Nature
baselinescenario.com 12/31/2008 — Or, why human beings are bad investors.
Free Exchange has Anthony Gottlieb’s recollections of interviewing Bernie Madoff about financial regulation:
at the time he came across merely as calm, strikingly rational, devoid of ego, and the ...
Propaganda, human rights and the US media
VoxEU.org 12/16/2008 — Nancy Qian , 15 December 2008 Respect for human rights is gaining in importance in international agreements, but who is to judge human rights performance? This column discusses new evidence that suggests national governments are not good judges. It ...
Bank Action And The Market
quantifiableedges.blogspot.com 3/3/2009 — The one sector that held up very well Thursday was the Banking Index (BKX). Yesterday I showed a study that suggested a bullish bias following a negative SPX day where the SOX thrives. Below is a similar test using the BKX instead of the SOX: (click ...
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