Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Kunkel's "Utopia or Bust": Made Me Want to Read and Write More

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When I first heard that Jacobin and Verso were teaming up, I was super-jazzed. They offered six books for fifty bucks around the Christma...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Making of a Manager

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I sometimes think of essays I want to write, and bounce them around in my head a bit, but I never actually get down to writing them, becaus...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Goldbugs: Occam's Razor and Value

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So, it looks like gold is trending down. Even the Journal published an article calling gold a pet rock. This makes me think about my fath...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Johnathan Crary's "24/7"

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Twice while reading this book, I was asked how I was liking it. The first time, I told the teller at the bank that it was a little theor...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Price Setting with Inelastic Demand: An Ethical Approach

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Introduction - Overview of a Global Business The modern pharmaceutical industry came of age with the growth of chemistry as a science. ...

Filling The Gap: 401(k) / 403(b) Architecture to Enhance Savings

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Introduction Early in a career, an employee can often be laissez-faire about the benefits that a company offers. The various add-ons are ...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

On my own "Unsolicited solicitation of advice"

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Five years ago now, I first reached out to figure how to extend my knowledge formally, to the director of graduate studies at the economic d...