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2. The economics of fairy tales.
3. The New Yorker reviews Peter Leeson.
5. Libraries in everything: lending out human beings.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 2, 2009 at 04:01 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
I like Pete's book. And his supply and demand tattoo. As my friend put it, "He's got guns and butter on one of his guns." :)
Posted by: Jodi Beggs at Sep 2, 2009 4:29:47 PM
I am a little confused about the three books you have coming out. Will "Modern Principles of Economics" contain most (or all) of what is in the micro and macro books?
Posted by: Scott at Sep 2, 2009 4:38:12 PM
*Modern Principles of Economics*, the combined book, is the sum of the Micro and Macro books, yes.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Sep 2, 2009 4:43:20 PM
Answer to Scott: Yes, all. Micro, Macro, Micro+Macro is the story.
Posted by: Alex Tabarrok at Sep 2, 2009 4:44:22 PM
the fairy tales link was charming! thanks!
Posted by: farmer at Sep 2, 2009 4:55:09 PM
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I'm disappointed you can't actually check people out of the library. But I'm always late returning stuff, so maybe it's best they don't expire.
Over here in Hawaii, we have a new way of checking out people: Sniffing them on buses. Anybody need a job? Do you have any experience in criminalizing homelessness or targeting immigrants? Send us a resume and a sample of your own B.O. You must be clean, pure & fragrant; according to some standard we haven't quite figured out yet.
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Posted by: cosanostradamus at Sep 2, 2009 7:27:45 PM
What's the economic lesson from Stone Soup?
Posted by: Nancy Lebovitz at Sep 3, 2009 8:16:28 AM
@ Lebovitz :
That supply can meet demand despite solid, hard constraints?
Posted by: Rama at Sep 3, 2009 8:33:50 AM
When everyone else thought or behaved as though
they thought the Emperor was splendidly attired
one little boy told the truth. Would a good portion
of present economic agony have been staved off
if at least a few of the influential and
powerful had cut to the actuality of things and
acted on it?
Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai at Sep 3, 2009 10:17:36 AM
Eventually measurement precision will also hit a wall, as per the laws of physics, so it is not possible for record breaking to continue Zeno-style asymptotically.
Posted by: myself at Sep 3, 2009 4:23:50 PM
Uh oh.
Posted by: myself at Sep 3, 2009 4:24:41 PM
