Lynne Kiesling At the south end of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris there are three stretches of grass. As you would expect with the Cartesian rationality symmetry inherent in French landscaping, the larger rectangle of grass faces the exact middle of the Palace. The two slightly narrower rectangles are the same length as the middle …
Lynne Kiesling After work today I went for a run in the Luxembourg Gardens, which is a convenient two-minute jog from my apartment. The experience was different from the last time I did so, which was several years ago. Now only a few locals look at you strangely when you run, and of the 15 …
Lynne Kiesling ChevronTexaco has purchased Unocal, which will give them access to Unocal’s valuable oil and natural gas holdings. Note that this does little, if anything, in the short run to increase exploration activity or the aggregate amount of energy reserves. If the merger leads to some economies of scale and/or scope, then the probability …
Lynne Kiesling From Fey Accompli: the problem with command and control-style government, or central planning, is that planners fool themselves into thinking that they?re responsible for each new cell in the growth of the potato, and if they?re not, then they should be. they suddenly become patholigically risk-averse. what if some of them grow weird …
Lynne Kiesling Well, I would probably disappoint Ray Gifford if I didn’t make some note of today being opening day for the Cubs in Arizona against the Diamondbacks. So even though I am certain to be in bed before the opening pitch … here’s the probable lineup: Chicago Cubs Pos. Name Bats 1. CF Corey …
Lynne Kiesling Henry Hazlitt’s seminal text Economics in One Lesson is now fully available online. It’s a clear, straightforward articulation of basic economic principles. Thanks to the Foundation for Economic Education for doing so, and to Mahalanobis for the tip.
Lynne Kiesling Good to be here, although my absentmindedness in leaving home my melatonin has robbed me of what I call “the blissful sleep of the jetlagged.” I usually really enjoy the sleep the first couple of nights, but both Saturday and Sunday night saw me awake at 3AM. Hopefully I’ll shake it tonight, but …
Lynne Kiesling Adam over at Arthur’s Seat has announced a mini saga contest: A Mini Saga must be exactly 50 words. A Mini Saga must tell a story. The story must have a beginning, a middle and an end. The title may have no more than 10 words, and is not counted as part of …
Lynne Kiesling Rob over at Peak Oil Optimist has a post with further ruminations on the prospects for electricity in California this summer in the context of the Pacific Northweste drought. Rob accurately points out something that I overlooked the other day, which is the vital role that transmission constraints will play in whether or …
Lynne Kiesling I leave this evening for a three-week sojourn as a Professeur Invit? at the Universit? Paris-Sud, giving a talk there, running some experiments with my co-author Carine Staropoli at Universit? Paris-Sorbonne, and other things. I’ll post some economics posts, and some travel posts, during my visit. The first thing I do is on …
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