I hate s Google /s Network Solutions
It's been 30 days since Google dropped us from searches. The effects are starting to depress me. The graph to the right shows our 30...

Overfishing: more liberal bias on the NYTimes editorial page
A NYTImes editorial reviews two recent NYTimes articles and points out how difficult regulation of international overfishing might be.B...

Emergency Rate Cut
I can't say I expected this to happen today. So far so good, stock markets are recovering, at least for the moment, but the 75 basis po...

I m reaching out
From my department's Pattern of Administration (our rules):The typical faculty member has an appointment involving two or three funding...

links for 2008-01-22
More on Taxes at the Top - Lane KenworthyEmployment and confidence wonkery - Paul Krugman BlogOur feudal economy - Stumbling and Mumbl...

Every Major U.S. Bank Was Profitable Last Year
John Berry says we shouldn't feel too sorry for banks, or worry that credit is about to dry up and ruin the economy: Every Major U.S....

Slowforestation
By Joseph RommI meant to blog on this earlier, but lost track of it after failing to find the original study (for reasons that will be...

Shorter work week bleg
By David RobertsI'm writing a short piece on the environmental benefits of a shorter work week. There's lots of stuff out there on the ...

Economic and Social Differences by State and Party ID
From The Monkey Cage:Economic and Social Differences by State and Party ID, by David Park: ...Here's a graph from the 2000 National Ann...