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Polar bears are taking over the south Pacific
These days I am up for another TV show, so I tried Lost. The plane crashes between LA and Sydney, and before episode one is over they have encountered a polar bear (sound familiar?). So far I like it. Real rates of return appear to be negative, a virtual prerequisite for good tragedy. Next on my list is 24, but it will take a few months for me to get there.
In the meantime, suggest another topic for blogging. Three separate mentions are required for the topic, and again I rule out the libelous, the obscene, and the physically impossible. Mulch I already have covered. I will return to the topic of "advice" (thank you for the kind words), so no need to mention that either. Comments, of course, are open.
Addendum: Here are more Cheney jokes, do follow the link to the WSJ page.
Second addendum: Ladies and gentleman, "exercise" is the winner but I will take ideas from further suggestions in the comments, so keep on adding topics if you wish.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 14, 2006 at 08:18 AM in Television | Permalink
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suggested topic: trends and forecasts of body art and body modification in modern Western society.
Posted by: floydthebarber at Feb 14, 2006 8:18:53 AM
How does a plane crash between L.A. and Sydney result in a survivor encountering a polar bear?
Did the plane crash near the San Diego Zoo?
Posted by: Peter K. at Feb 14, 2006 8:18:59 AM
An economist explains why, how, and how much to exercise.
Posted by: HC at Feb 14, 2006 8:27:03 AM
new blogging topic--the effect of the super-cavitating high-speed Russian torpedo on US blue ocean naval strategy and Chinese containment, with possible side comments on Northwest Passage shipping in an age of global warming.
Posted by: ted at Feb 14, 2006 8:27:44 AM
suggested topic: Spanish civil war (also mentioned several times in the previous take)
Posted by: A Tykhyy at Feb 14, 2006 8:28:09 AM
ted: brr, where did you get that plum?
Posted by: A Tykhyy at Feb 14, 2006 8:29:13 AM
topic: the oeuvre of britney spears
Posted by: watching biathalon at Feb 14, 2006 8:31:32 AM
High school education reform, the economics of popularity among
teens, cafeteria lunches and so on.
Posted by: Inigo Montoya at Feb 14, 2006 8:31:38 AM
Video games
Posted by: Sarah at Feb 14, 2006 8:34:10 AM
How about a Bizarro Marginal Revolution week, with "My least favorite thing [insert random ethnicity here]", "No markets for somethings" (like the guy who went bankrupt after he founded a company for turning rooms into Star Trek sets and nobody hired him) and so on.
Posted by: Cisco at Feb 14, 2006 8:39:22 AM
Suggested topic: Why are opera fans mostly old people?
Posted by: John P. at Feb 14, 2006 8:49:35 AM
MySpace/Facebook
Posted by: Vlad at Feb 14, 2006 8:52:24 AM
Reliability, capacity, accuracy--choosing between the revolver and the auto pistol (e.g.--Glock) as a personal protection sidearm.
Posted by: mc at Feb 14, 2006 8:52:44 AM
How about weather forecasts?
Posted by: Amir at Feb 14, 2006 8:53:48 AM
Why are Russians' souls so mysterious?
Posted by: ostap at Feb 14, 2006 8:58:03 AM
The Economics of the sport of curling:
http://curlingcanada.blogspot.com/
Posted by: EclectEcon at Feb 14, 2006 9:03:00 AM
Reliability, capacity, accuracy--choosing between the revolver and the auto pistol (e.g.--Glock) as a personal protection sidearm.
Posted by: Josh at Feb 14, 2006 9:04:09 AM
epistemology and economics.
Do epistemological conclusions influence economic (and political) behavior.
Can an economic argument be made for the superiority of one epistemological system over another?
Posted by: Adam at Feb 14, 2006 9:18:29 AM
I'll second a discussion of epistemology
Posted by: Matthew Cromer at Feb 14, 2006 9:20:07 AM
I'll second exercise. We need a realistic view of exercise that takes opportunity cost into account. Tyler could wade through all sorts of health science that he presumably doesn't already know about too.
Posted by: Lee at Feb 14, 2006 9:20:53 AM
I'll cast my vote for exercise.
Posted by: Timothy at Feb 14, 2006 9:25:15 AM
Why do kids choose to attend integrated colleges and then segregate themselves when they get there?
Why is there a fight about integrating public schools, but when membership in church in fluid and open, Sunday is the most segregated day of the week?
Posted by: John B. Chilton at Feb 14, 2006 9:33:33 AM
In India the woman's family pays the man to marry her. Lots. So much so that there is female infanticide.
In the United Arab Emirates it's the other way around. Again, we're talking big bucks here. So much so that many women never get married because their families won't accept a "low price" for them.
Why?
Posted by: John B. Chilton at Feb 14, 2006 9:36:16 AM
Video games. That's two, I think.
Posted by: Leo at Feb 14, 2006 9:40:42 AM
Why is botteled water more expensive than botteled soft drinks?
Posted by: DAA at Feb 14, 2006 9:48:40 AM
