I owe a great debt this morning to Craig Newmark, who points to a website decrying the vile chemical dihydrogen monoxide. Now if only more “environmental activists” had a sense of humor …
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Katherine Hepburn Rip
A suite of New York Times articles in homage to the woman who typified living with wit, energy, verve, grace and elegance. On the NYT site there’s an ad for an audio slide show that calls her “a role model for 60 years,” and I certainly agree. I recently rewatched The Philadelphia Story, which I …
Some Natural Gas Articles
This Detroit Free Press article illustrates how typical families both feel the effects of higher natural gas prices and use contracting options (such as the “budget plan” that smooths their bill out over the year) to mitigate those effects. The Bush administration argues for increased natural gas exploration to increase supply. Good point, valid, but …
Virginia Postrel’s written a must-read Economic Scene column in today’s New York Times. Its topic is specialization, and specifically the move away from vertical integration in the structure of many industries. Technological change has contributed to making this move possible and profitable. There’s a large field in new institutional economics that explores precisely this dynamic. …
Virginia Postrel’s written a must-read Economic Scene column in today’s New York Times. Its topic is specialization, and specifically the move away from vertical integration in the structure of many industries. Technological change has contributed to making this move possible and profitable. There’s a large field in new institutional economics that explores precisely this dynamic. …
Virginia Postrel’s written a must-read Economic Scene column in today’s New York Times. Its topic is specialization, and specifically the move away from vertical integration in the structure of many industries. Technological change has contributed to making this move possible and profitable. There’s a large field in new institutional economics that explores precisely this dynamic. …