Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
As a teenager Elizabeth Pisani discovered that she liked sneaking into the "girlie bars" of Hong Kong and talking to the hookers and the johns. Ordinarily one wouldn't expect such peculiar hobbies to pay off in a dazzling career. But...
A Random Walk (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Here is an excellent post from Marginal Revolution on the perils of random sampling. Even when you think you've done it, you might have missed something. The Wisdom of Whores As a teenager Elizabeth Pisani discovered that she liked sneaking into the "girlie bars" of Hong Kong and talking to the hookers and the johns. Ordinarily one wouldn't expect such peculiar hobbies to pay off in a dazzling career....
