yosefblog » economics http://yosefklein.com/blog "The supreme of the world of martial arts" Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 sorry guys http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/10/15/sorry-guys/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/10/15/sorry-guys/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:36:49 +0000 yosef http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/10/15/sorry-guys/ both my computers were dead for a while, so there haven’t been many posts lately. so here’s some fun stuff to help make up for it

these guys are crazy
personal visualization
David Foster Wallace: The Best Mind of His Generation
vdash: a wiki of formal mathematics
earth from above and the sun
nyc cheat sheets
paul krugman:ricardo’s difficult idea and how I work
making faces more beautiful
He Tehine te tangata puhuru huru
15 uses for small black holes
wedding ring ciphers
in defense of piracy
[warning, freaky:] lego anatomy cross-section

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/10/15/sorry-guys/feed/ 0 Thaler on the Draft (not that draft, the other one) http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/24/thaler-on-the-draft-not-that-draft-the-other-one/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/24/thaler-on-the-draft-not-that-draft-the-other-one/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:41:24 +0000 matthew http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/24/thaler-on-the-draft-not-that-draft-the-other-one/ As I hinted in an earlier post, Thaler and Sunstein aren’t personally contributing much to the blog advertising their book. Consequently, the ‘Nudge’ blog has been middling.

Today, Thaler posted on value in the NFL draft. Good post, and hopefully a sign of things to come.

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/24/thaler-on-the-draft-not-that-draft-the-other-one/feed/ 0 Yosefblog is supposed to tell me these things…. http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/15/yosefblog-is-supposed-to-tell-me-these-things/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/15/yosefblog-is-supposed-to-tell-me-these-things/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:28:26 +0000 matthew http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/15/yosefblog-is-supposed-to-tell-me-these-things/ Dick Thaler and Cass Sunstein have a blog promoting their new book. Who knows how much (if any) they personally contribute… but I guess they wanted to be on the bandwagon.

The ‘Nudge’ concept (though not by that catchy phraseology) has been dear to my heart since my first consideration of the “alarm clock across the room” antinomy… and thus the momentary, conceptual clarity of “rational choice” recedes back into the hazy complexity of existence. Alas, reflections on youth.

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/04/15/yosefblog-is-supposed-to-tell-me-these-things/feed/ 1 Economics: the final frontier http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/12/economics-the-final-frontier/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/12/economics-the-final-frontier/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:38:47 +0000 yosef http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/12/economics-the-final-frontier/ Matt, this is for you:
Paul Krugman’s Theory of Interstellar Trade

Abstract: This paper extends interplanetary trade theory to an interstellar setting. It is chiefly concerned with the following question: how should interest rates on goods in transit be computed when the goods travel at close to the speed of light? This is a problem because the time taken in transit will appear less to an observer traveling with the goods than to a stationary observer. A solution is derived from economic theory, and two useless but true theorems are proved… This paper, then, is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/12/economics-the-final-frontier/feed/ 1 The Audacity of Data http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-audacity-of-data/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-audacity-of-data/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:18:21 +0000 yosef http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-audacity-of-data/ The Audacity of Data

Think of the contrast here as the difference between science-fiction writers and engineers. Reich and Galston are the kinds of people who’d sketch out the idea for time travel in a moment of inspiration. Goolsbee et al. could rig up the DeLorean that would actually get you back to 1955.

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-audacity-of-data/feed/ 0 Krugman on the political tone http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/02/12/krugman-on-the-political-tone/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/02/12/krugman-on-the-political-tone/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:06:19 +0000 matthew http://yosefklein.com/blog/2008/02/12/krugman-on-the-political-tone/ Nestled away in today’s Krugman op-ed is a reminder: Strong partisan preference can engender indifference to fairness on the field of play.

As an aside, I don’t believe that “hero-worship” characterizes the Obama support… but certainly a non-trivial chunk of it.

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]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/10/17/yea-for-incentives/feed/ 0 the more you know… http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/07/01/the-more-you-know/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/07/01/the-more-you-know/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:25:33 +0000 yosef http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/07/01/the-more-you-know/ cost of coke (no, not that coke; yes, that coke) around the world

]]> http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/07/01/the-more-you-know/feed/ 0 it’s a living… http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/06/19/its-a-living/ http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/06/19/its-a-living/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:34:27 +0000 yosef http://yosefklein.com/blog/2007/06/19/its-a-living/ tybor recommends: The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer

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