November 2008
18 posts
Happy Thanksgiving!
To everyone!
Advice to the brave young entrepreneur →
Via my educated, entrepreneurial, abroad-living friend, Max Kubicki
Happy Birthday, Grandpa!
My grandpa turns 91 today. After meeting him, you would have never thought he is 91. He is healthy as an ox and sharp as a tack. He has a cell phone, just got a new Dell, and uses Skype to keep in touch. I hope I am like him when I grow up.
Happy birthday Grandpa.
Good Timing
So I just finished writing a paper on the declining number of medical school graduates in primary care (the actual title is “The Decrease of Primary Care Physicians in Today’s Health Care System: Causes, Effects, and Policy Implications”). After putting the final touches on the layout, I checked the news and found this article:
Half of primary care doctors in survey would leave...
Making Sense on Detroit →
A good post by Will Wilkinson from the Cato Institute explaining why GM, Ford, and Chrysler should not be subsidized by taxpayers.
Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot →
Good, short NYT article about trends in studying abroad (fewer going to Costa Rica and Australia, more to South Africa, Argentina, Ecuador, India and China). An excerpt:
While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans — Britain, Italy, Spain and France — still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.
If I had...
Word of the day
Stochastic (links to Wikipedia) essentially means “random.” I’ve come across it quite a bit studying for an econometrics midterm on Thursday. In that context, we use the term “non-stochastic,” meaning the results in time t are related to previous results, such as time t-1.
Brad DeLong, on a roll
My former economics professor, Brad DeLong, is on a roll. In this post, he presents a compelling argument for Larry Summers’ appointment to a high federal office. After listing the reasons, an excerpt:
These are, I think, the skills we want in high federal office right now. Why? Because the situation is unclear and confused enough that we want really smart people serving as intellectual...
Radioactive Beer Kegs Menace Public, Boost Costs... →
Good article, great headline. (Bloomberg)
WatchWhen you get some time, watch this video. It is about consumer electronic waste that is illegally shipped from the US abroad (in this case, Hong Kong). Fascinating, disturbing, and great investigative journalism. From tonight’s 60 Minutes.
