A bit of fun
From Chessbase where you can play the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EY27lgnPKWI In the above video we see a bullet game, played in Kragerø (Norway), between Magnus Carlsen...
Rooter
Attentive Troppodillians will recall Rooter, one of Troppo's stable of cars, frequently flown to locations around the world in order for the winners of our comps...
Drought: the rising dust-cloud of dumb
Is there any area of public policy in Australia that gets weaker treatment than agriculture these days? Whether it's milk prices or agricultural investment, the...
Protectionism: of the white collar variety
Relaxing Occupational Licensing Requirements: Analyzing Wages and Prices for a Medical Service by Morris M. Kleiner, Allison Marier, Kyoung Won Park, Coady Wing Abstract: Occupational...
Happy little optimisers we
I know I took the notion of optimising to heart as I learned it - implicitly - from my economist Dad. And there are those who might...
A dignified apology
I just came across this largely trivial cultural skirmish. Obama said "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the...