April 2012
9 posts
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"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Possibly the last paperback classic I bought and probably because of this.
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"The Flying Dutchman" at the ENO
Terrific production. Stuart Skelton’s Erik is outstanding.
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Robert Solow's wit
“The truth is, I fear, that the [economic] profession’s disdain for the fix-wage assumption is much less respectable in origin. We have a sort of prior disposition to think that prices equate supply and demand. To say that a price does not do so under ordinary circumstances is seen as too crude, like eating peas with a knife. The accepted putdown is that the assumption of...
PhD movie →
Looks about right.
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Do defaults save Labour?
I was surprised (and, at first, impressed) by Ed Miliband’s proposal on the Andrew Marr Show to limit individual donations to political parties at £5,000. He also suggested that the cap should apply to trade union funding of Labour.
Currently, trade union members can also opt out of the £3 annual contribution to the Labour party. When Andrew Marr asked whether Miliband would support...
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Teleresearch
The purpose of academic visits seems obvious: research flourishes during close interaction with colleagues in a scholarly atmosphere.
If you can’t get a grant for an academic visit, try the “Share Screen” function on Skype. It’s like arguing in front of a whiteboard or hunching over a piece of paper, but if you get tired, you can just put the phone down (and blame the...
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"Measuring the World" by Daniel Kehlmann
Dazzling novel. Moreover, the English translation is simply exquisite. Read and lend.
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"The Coming Prosperity" by Philip E. Auerswald
A rather optimistic conclusion from a myriad of entertaining anecdotes.
