Buyers Aware
I've been thinking for a while about retail and information flows. If sellers were performing their task in a socially efficient way, they would be...
Popular books on Economics
Someone asked me the other day for ten books on economics that they should read (not being an economist). I haven't given this a lot...
Samson and Delilah
Having just read this pussy footing review of this film, I am brought back to thinking about it, though not that much. I saw it last...
Another immortal game
By which I mean, one in which amazing, deep moves are made, and after a flurry of sacrifices, the king is slain, with each of...
Three choices
From Martin Wolf We have three alternatives: liquidation; inflation; or growth. A policy of liquidation would proceed via mass bankruptcy and the collapse of a...
Pick the non sequitur
Sydney Morning Herald 29 May 2009 An abattoir worker has been jailed for eight years for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter and then blaming his crime...
A nice piece by a well known author with good taste in citations!
But then I would say that wouldn't I? Lawrence Lessig quotes an Australian economist explaining why free access to public goods isn't 'socialism', it's 'civil...