Humour The Secret Sins of a pompous linguist Nicholas Gruen October 16, 2010 From Deidre McCloskey's The Secret Sins of Economics A very pompous linguist was giving a talk at Columbia and noted that there were languages in...
Economics and public policy Another scandalously flawed discipline . . . medical research Nicholas Gruen October 16, 2010October 16, 2010 As readers of this blog will know I regard the state of the economics profession as a scandal, and have for years. It's only occasionally...
Uncategorized Japan’s Phillips Curve Looks Like… Richard Tsukamasa Green October 16, 2010 Japan. (HT The Melbourne Urbanist) What is more interesting however is the fact it looks like...a Phillips curve. This is kind of astounding. You could...
Uncategorized Does Cultural Diversity Increase The Rate Of Entrepreneurship? Nicholas Gruen October 16, 2010 Yes, folks it does at least according to the paper below. Which is pretty good news, because cultural diversity does or can do some other...