Monday, November 11, 2013

A tacit endorsement of inequality? : Reading Tyler Cowen's "Average is Over"

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Tyler Cowen really likes chess. If there’s one key take-away from “Average is Over,” that’s what I know now that I did not know bef...
Friday, November 8, 2013

A skeptical look at Bitcoin.

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So, as an inhabitant of econ twitter, I have seen the conversation around bitcoin.   I am intrigued, naturally, because it is so po...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Over-Simplifying: Adam Grant's "Give and Take"

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Adam Grant is apparently one of the best business school’s best professors (and so young too!) so I have to bet that the framework in t...
Monday, October 14, 2013

It was fun being Unemployed!

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From March 2010: Having been unemployed for a long time now, I and my family are at the mercy of the continual incremental increases in ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Criticism Easier than Construction: Readng Steve Keen's "Debunking Economics"

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I had been meaning to take a look at this book earlier, as the premise sounded interesting, and Keen is an interesting fellow on the bl...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Keynes: The math is hard

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Loosely associated thoughts on Keynes's "General Theory" 1) The General Theory is a landmark work in the science of economics...
Monday, September 30, 2013

On Mlodinow's "The Drunkard's Walk"

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You can be back-handed and say that Mlodinow is a good writer for a scientist, but I won’t do that.   He’s a good writer, period.   He ...