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Mother Jones today has one more reason not to buy bottled water: It’s coming from the most drought-afflicted regions of the country. I’m not saying never buy it. If it’s hot, you’re thirsty, and there are no water fountains nearby, it can make sense to spend $1.50 for a bottle of water. It’s healthier than […] Writing Economix took a lot of work—I started in earnest in 2004 and the book wasn’t published till 2012—and the whole time I had a rather loud voice in my head telling me that I was simply throwing away my life. At some point during those years I came across Stephen Notley’s brilliant Bob the […] I didn’t think anyone outside the US would care much about my net neutrality piece–it’s pretty US-centric–but apparently the Pirate Party in Greece cared, so much that they made a translation! It’s here. And here’s a sample page: I would have been interested to know what “Spock/Tyrion fanfiction” is in Greece, but they didn’t […] Behold my take on net neutrality, illustrated by the awesome Ian Akin! (I have Dan Burr working on a piece on Obamacare, but that will take a while.) FDR, who could have been talking about QE, in his first inaugural: “Faced by failure of credit they [bankers] have proposed only the lending of more money.” I come across very few things that make me jealous in an “I should totally have done that” way. This is one of them: a video from someone who goes under the nom de guerre of Haiku Charlatan that nails what’s wrong with our economy. Like, why did I bother writing an entire book, dammit? […] The Financial Times has a piece on how the Chinese economy is poised to take over the mantle of “world’s biggest economy” this year, which is earlier than previous estimates. But China has been the world’s biggest economy since 2010. You can read about it in a post of mine from a couple of years […] My incessant Googling of my own name recently turned up a review of Economix at Wink Books. It’s been a while since I mentioned a review (although I keep this page updated), and I’m not writing about the review itself now. Point being, I wound up reading their other reviews; it turned out that Wink […] There’s a video making the rounds where Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about the gender and racial disparity in race and science. It’s a great talk and I thought I’d transcribe it for the video-impaired. It’s worth pointing out that this was a response to a question that in turn was prompted by Larry Summers talking […] Boston folk: I’m on a panel on Monday, 12:30 to 2, at North Shore Community College in Danvers (Room 105 in the HPSS building). Come and hear me pontificate! The campus map is here: http://www.northshore.edu/safety/pdf/Danvers_Map.pdf. |
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