Outta Here
I’m leaving Saturday morning for Pennsylvania, to teach at a seminar given by the Institute for Humane Studies. Promises to be very good fun, and lots of great brain candy.
July 19, 2002
Prescription Drug Prices
Run, don’t walk, to Megan McArdle’s house for a superb analysis of why Canadian prescription drug prices are lower than in the U.S., and the likely consequences for pharmaceutical R&D. I can vouch for the business reality of her argument; when I worked as a tax consultant I had clients that confronted this painful reality.
Cheap at Half the Price
While I’m at it, the same website has a good explanation of cheap at half the price, a phrase I use relatively frequently.
Curate’s Egg
Tonight, on the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board show on CNBC, Tunku Varadarajan used the phrase “curate’s egg.” We could tell in context what he meant, but my husband and I were sufficiently curious to check it out afterward. Here’s a translation from British English to ROW English. The essence is “parts of it are …
With the Bad Comes Good
It’s always refreshing to get a little perspective on these accounting and corporate governance issues. Amity Shlaes’ column from Monday does so, with reference to both the history of the Industrial Revolution and Trollope, one of my favorite authors. Given my background in economic history and technological change and diffusion, this really resonated with me. …