Balance?
I’m visiting family in New Jersey. The local paper is the Star-Ledger, on line at nj.com. Yesterday, the paper carried… Read More »Balance?
Ideas
What a Way to Go
This passage from The New Yorker’s profile of Philip Pullman caught my eye: When Pullman’s stepfather died, in 2002 (his… Read More »What a Way to Go
Economics and Empirics
Economists have proved the existence of the time-money continuum! (Spotted at Marginal Revolution, via Conglomerate.)
Take Off Your Clothes
This morning’s Times has a wonderful description of a marvelous teacher in action: The students were hiding inside the music,… Read More »Take Off Your Clothes
Socially Created Value
Everyone is utterly familiar with the market narrative for how “value†is created through property rights, contracts and money. But… Read More »Socially Created Value