Stephen Bainbridge has an interesting post on Petite Sirah, one of my favorite grapes. I like the blackberry and boysenberry that he notes in the young PS, and I certainly like the chocolate and spices in the mature PS. It’s a yummy and versatile grape, especially if you cook on the grill a lot. He …
This post from Tyler Cowen from Saturday illustrates some interesting features of our water use over the past 30 years. Evidently, our aggregate water use has not changed in 20 years: The flat trend in consumption came even as the USA’s population grew and electricity production, the largest user of water, increased. Of course, one …
COTC is at TJ’s Weblog this week. I was particularly intrigued by this Geitner Simmons entry interpreting some recent import and export statistics. Who knew that almost half of the lost US exports since 2000 have come from California? That helps to explain some of the economic malaise there. And the Department of Commerce website …
OK, off to, as P.G. Wodehouse would say, earn the weekly envelope.
On Tuesday Stephen Karlson asked why our seasonal gasoline price spikes persist: The $100 bill left on the sidewalk is this: why does the transition from winter gas prices to summer gas prices continue to have this price spike, year after year. One would think there is some money to be made in the right …
… but for some reason, this time it really stinks. I’ve even been staying up until almost 11, but I still wake up around 5, and usually I’m a 9-hour sleeper. This is the second day I’ve gotten up around 5, and I can already tell that today will be as brutal as yesterday was, …
I’ll be speaking on Friday at a conference in Austria, and I begin my travels this afternoon. So posting over the next week is likely to be light or nonexistent. I hope to come back with a restaurant review from Artner, the restaurant where my colleague Geoff and I are having dinner Wednesday night. TTFN!
Craig Newmark points out that Glenn Reynolds did not get the full picture in Econ 101 if he thinks that people donating for stuff they could get for free is irrational. And as Craig says so well, it’s about the exchange of value for value, not about money. Of course you want to get as …
Chicago has historically been one of the biggest locales for the production of candy in the country. Brach’s had their factory here, as did Ferrara Pan, Fannie May, and of course the local Frango mints sold at Marshall Field’s (yum!) were made here too. One of the more delightful and tempting things about Chicago is …
Russ Roberts has a typically clear and lucid commentary on jobs and “outsourcing” in Business Week. Short of jumping into the fray on this issue, let me simply suggest that you read this, circulate it, and consider his conclusion: The hardship that results from economic change always tempts politicians to limit individuals’ freedom to buy …
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