Economist's View (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
A rerun: The Right's Man, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times, March 13, 2006: It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a moderate. He's much less of a maverick than you'd think. And he isn't the...
The Coalition of the Swilling (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
I don't want schmancy cheese; I want da' Whiz PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Sliced, sizzled and slathered with cheese ... the famous Philly cheesesteak serves as an iconic representation of our city and now, an expensive luxury. That's because Chef...
orgtheory.net (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
overview of that columbia performativity conference krugman cites a post by kieran how math, english lit etc phd candidates are being converted to become business professors the economist's business education news galaxies collide (nasa photo) obligatory friday ferret link
Alpha.Sources blog (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
As any seasoned blogger will know the decision to migrate to a new site is often not an easy one (even if it was, in Brad Setser's case, a necessary one I imagine). In this way, the lock in mechanism of building a backlog of links on other blogs' blogrolls as well as to have your RSS feed tugged away nicely in your readers' aggregators is quite high. As such, it is always nice to have a bit of help...
Marksonland (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
But $100 for one? Seems, ummm, pricey. For one cheesesteak, expect to pay $100. That is nearly 15 times more than the original. "We made sure we had the best beef we could find, the best lobster and the right...
Alea (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
New blog by Brad Setser My blog has moved Email This
Big Action! (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
"Ich Bin Ein Berliner." According to Krugman, Kennedy never said he was a pastry. You know, I always thought this was true. Apparently not. If you can't trust your high school German teacher, who can you trust?
DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Philly's $100 Cheesesteak (CBS3.com) Yep, it's today's Drudge-endorsed econ link. But we know what you're thinking... this is some ridiculous extravagance for the rich and it probably has crazy ingredients on it, like gold leaf. But nope: $100, that's just what a normal cheesesteak costs in Philly these days in light of food inflation. Ok, that's a joke. Among the ingredients: poached lobster and...
