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Assorted links
1. Testing the Schelling tipping point segregation model, done by Bill Easterly.
2. Markets in everything: Ms.Taken, false engagement rings.
3. More on Zeke Emanuel, from TNR.
4. New developments on the origin of life on earth.
5. The Kennedy plan, as seen by the CBO.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on June 15, 2009 at 04:46 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
Fake wedding rings are apparently recommended to young women traveling in Egypt, according to a friend studying in Cairo this summer.
Posted by: PeterW at Jun 15, 2009 4:49:02 PM
The video at that site...oh...my.
Who knew there was a rap/song called "Jizz in My Pants"? And that Ms.Taken would feel the need to have a parody called "Puke in My Mouth"?
Oh man, just too much.
Posted by: Bob Montgomery at Jun 15, 2009 5:23:16 PM
The Easterly paper looks very interesting, but interested readers should first read Card, Mas, Rothstein (QJE, 2008) on tipping points. That paper is an absolute joy to read. If I become an economics professor I plan to use that paper to recruit students into the field of economics
Posted by: noto at Jun 15, 2009 6:52:07 PM
The politics-as-romance of "the nicest Emanuel brother" made me puke in my mouth.
Posted by: Eric H at Jun 15, 2009 8:03:28 PM
I think the health insurance plan is part of saving the unions. I think Kausfiles said the plan was to unionize retail workers, eg Walmart, since those jobs couldn't be sent to China. The unions would need the health care costs to be picked up by someone else to be viable.
Posted by: Huggy at Jun 15, 2009 8:36:43 PM
@ PeterW: I had packed a fake engagement ring in my bag, but lo and behold my boyfriend asked me to marry him, so I have a real one. I am in Cairo this summer, and I gotta say, the ring isn't helping all that much. You gotta whip out the big guns and say it's a wedding ring.
Bling is nice, but wouldn't a fake wedding ring be better than a fake engagement ring if you are trying to dissuade potential "suitors"?
Posted by: Erin at Jun 16, 2009 4:43:04 PM
How about renting a fake husband for your Egypt trip?
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