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Peter Yu Chuang | July 16th 2009 by Peter Yu Chuang
Inside the Library of the London School of Economics Since I returned from London, I have been thinking of doing my own equity research. I have attempted to build models for Chinese Banks, started with Bank of China. However, I ran into great dif read more
Union Church At Pocantico Hills: Windows of Matisse and Chagall
Seaside Tales | July 16th 2009 by Sallie Anderson
Last year while attending an Austrian Economics seminar and sightseeing in New York, Victoria and I were blessed to visit the Union Church at Pocantico Hills. The church is nearly a hundred years old and is constructed of lovely stonework w read more
The Psychology of Online Privacy
3 Geeks and a Law Blog | July 16th 2009 by Greg Lambert
After reading Acquisti and Grossklags’ brilliant paper, “What can Behavioral Economics Teach Us About Privacy?”, I started thinking about how we, as users, engage in protecting our own privacy.Basically, it all comes down to value: how much do read more
Information and brain stimulation - why information is its own re…
Dion's Random Ramblings | July 16th 2009 by Dion Forster
I am currently on the last contact week of the Senior Management Course at the University of Stellenbosch Business school. It has been fantastic to gain new insights into economics, marketing (and of course the related concepts of strategic thought, read more
The generous gifts of Krugman's 'Black Hole' Economics
The Dark Skinny | July 16th 2009 by Bill Jencks
In the plethora of various articles that I've been reading, the common theme that escapes from, particularly, the modern dumbed-down US media is that the only way to defeat this incumbent and seemingly tenacious recession is to chuck vast quan read more
Should cigarettes be banned from Malaysia?
Padang Tengir | July 16th 2009 by ckhakeem
Should cigarettes be banned from this Malaysia?Essay on 13/07/09 in BEL ClassHave we ever heard of campaign on Stop Smoking by the governments and NGO’s? Yes, campaign like Tak Nak brings just a little effect on the community. So, some of my non sm read more
An Economist's look at Tank Nation
Pension Plan Puppets | July 15th 2009
With what appears to be an ever increasing number of individuals supporting a "tank nation" I've been more and more inclined to ask the question "Why?". The purpose of this question is not to be contrary, or to try and get a reaction out of read more
Green Energy Solutions
The Patriot Journal | July 15th 2009 by Michael Spence
In the 70's I was a kid in Phoenix, Arizona. There is a little town on the way to Las Vegas called Wickenburg and on the way to Wickenburg there was at that time open desert. Driving up that way you would see a house or two a read more
Kia-su economics
eicolab: design thinking for business innovation | July 15th 2009
“Kia-su” is Hokkien (the Chinese dialect commonly used in Singapore) that literally means “fear of losing”. According to the unkind, this “fear of losing” is allegedly a Singaporean trait – though I would postulate that it is more of a read more
Why Use A Forex Robot ?
top 5 forex robot program | July 15th 2009 by Frankie Drolet
When it comes to the foreign exchange market, Forex, it's important that you understand that day trades, and even long-distance trades all depend on a variety of different things. If you don't have time to keep up with these things, perhaps a Forex r read more
Why Use A Forex Robot ?
top 5 forex robot program | July 15th 2009 by Frankie Drolet
When it comes to the foreign exchange market, Forex, it's important that you understand that day trades, and even long-distance trades all depend on a variety of different things. If you don't have time to keep up with these things, perhaps a Forex r read more
Speculation
Forex | July 15th 2009 by shankie
Controversy about currency speculators and their effect on currency devaluations and national economies recurs regularly. Nevertheless, economists including Milton Friedman have argued that speculators ultimately are a stabilizing influence on the ma read more
References
Forex | July 15th 2009 by shankie
^ Sullivan, arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003). Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 551. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.^ a b c Triennial Central Bank Survey (December 2007), Bank for International Set read more
The Social Capital Algorithm
improvement 2.0 | July 15th 2009 by Phil Baumann
Image via Wikipedia What exactly is the economics of social media marketing? What is the cornerstone of the economic principles underlying the nebulous structure of social connectivity? These are big tough questions which deserve far more attentio read more
Save A Child From Malaria
Ideal Health Solutions | July 15th 2009 by Sheri Angell
Believe it or not, Malaria is alive and well in many parts of the world. So well it kills approximately 2.7 million people each year and between 350 and 500 million new cases are reported each year.It's sad that this entirely preventable disease is f read more
OBAMA'S SHIFTY ECONOMICS
HEAVY-HANDED POLITICS | July 15th 2009
By DICK MORRIS Now President Obama says in The Washington Post that he never envisioned that his stimulus package would afford quick relief to the American economy, but would do so only after it had run its two-year course. But when it was passed, Ob read more
Developing Leaders In Practical Wisdom
RSD Reports | July 15th 2009 by RSD Reports
(RSD) -- The shaping of business leaders and executives started in the United States during the Second World War and was extended to Europe through the Marshall Plan, with hundreds of new programs aimed particularly at increasing industrial productiv read more
COMMENTARY
HEAVY-HANDED POLITICS | July 15th 2009
Econ 101: Health Care ReformThe market needs less government inefficiency not more to improve the system and lower health care costs. By Gary WolframBusiness & Media InstituteNearly 90 years ago Ludwig von Mises, one of the founders of the Austr read more
COPY & PASTE SYLLABUS. HOW KENYANS ARE FOOLED!
EDUCON | July 15th 2009 by Educon
The sad thing is that this syllabus is copied from GEORGE MASON University California word for word. It says "in developing and modifying large, complex software systems. It emphasizes technical and management aspects of the software engineering pr read more
"Economics of Renewable Energy"
Globalisation and the Environment | July 15th 2009
When I saw the title I wondered who would use such a broad title for a paper. Have a guess. Correct - it was Geoffrey Heal.The Economics of Renewable EnergyDate: 2009-06By: Geoffrey HealURL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:15081&r=envGre read more
Pachter calls out economics professor who says EA overcharged Mad…
Nintendo wii news | July 15th 2009 by Kaido
A University of Newmarket economics academic was fresh brought in as an proficient attestator in a class-action causa filed by a unify of gamers that accuses Electronic Arts of using its inner licensing care with the NFL to hooligan Madden NFL compet read more
Green Market Geography
Globalisation and the Environment | July 15th 2009
Matt Kahn (fellow environmental economics blogger) has a nice little B.E. Journal paper out in a recent issue.Environmental spatial papers are something I am working on at the moment so it must mean it is no longer fashionable.The results are pretty read more
"Monkey harvesting" and the monkey market
Globalisation and the Environment | July 15th 2009
Any academic paper that talks about "monkey harvesting" is a must blog piece.Ecological Economics is a well respected journal. The data that managed to source for this paper sounds great.Not surprisingly the conclusion is that being a monkey on Boik read more
Get Kindle Book "Free" for Free
Kindle Helpdesk | July 15th 2009 by J Gold
In Free, Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them. Far more than a promotional gimmick, Free is a business strategy that may well be essentia read more
Glenn Loury
Quiet Highway: Saga of a Gentleman | July 15th 2009 by Matt
Here is a really interesting 2002 interview with Glenn Loury about race, identity, and economics. One excerpt from the NY Times Magazine profile:[Professor Glenn] Loury argues that blacks are no longer held back by ''discrimination in contract'' -- read more
State Privacy Regulation and EMR's
Risk Management and compliance blog for healthcare | July 15th 2009 by Wolters Kluwer
The July issue of Management Science contains a study that "quantifies the effect of state privacy regulation on the diffusion of electronic medical records." The study, by Amalia Miller, Department of Economics, University of Virginia and read more
The Dark Side of Remittance!
Time! | July 15th 2009 by Dai
After anyone returns from Foreign country, people think that s/he earns a lot of money. This is general thinking of general people. The mindset creates such environment that everyone wants to go aboard. I am basically focussing on the Laborers going read more
Economics Professor on Socialism - a class study
ResistTyrants | July 15th 2009 by William
As the late Adrian Rogers said, "you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted read more
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