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NY Times – Right now there’s intense debate about how aggressive the United States government should be in its attempts to turn the economy around. Many economists, myself included, are calling for a very large fiscal expansion to keep the economy from going into free fall. Others, however, worry about the burden that large budget deficits will place on future generations.
» The deficit and the dead-end future | Michael Tomasky
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 29. 7. 2010 18:32
As we've discussed, Obama has appointed an 18-member bipartisan deficit commission that will offer some recommendations in December. As you should know, the basic tensions are these: more short-term stimulus versus deficit reduction; sanct..
» Are you the center of the Universe?
Cosmic Variance 29. 7. 2010 17:27
One topic which generated a lot of discussion at the Gravity and Cosmology meeting was the void model of the Universe. The basic argument is simple: the dark energy is an ugly addition to our cosmological standard model, with 70% of the en..
» Rand Paul hits a hazard | Michael Tomasky
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 29. 7. 2010 15:50
This Details magazine profile of Rand Paul is getting some play, and for good reason: reporter Jonathan Miles plums new depths of Paulian ignorance or at least insouciance about how the world as we know it came to be. The piece opens with ..
» The Work Of Depressions
Paul Krugman 29. 7. 2010 15:16
Liquidationism rides again.
» Kumulacija funkcija
Tržišno rešenje 29. 7. 2010 14:12
Uopšte mi nije jasno zašto se podiže tolika graja oko kumulacije funkcija. Zašto poslanik ne bi smeo da bude i predsednik opštine, uopšte mi nije jasno. Odnosno, postoje dva argumenta, ali mi se čini da su oba loša. 1. Ne može dobro da radi..
» Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours - Laurie Santos (2010)
TEDTalks (video) 29. 7. 2010 13:47
Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.
» The spill is gone? | Michael Tomasky
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 29. 7. 2010 12:40
Time magazine's Michael Grunwald, a fine environmental reporter who knows the region well, writes that it's turning out that the damage from the BP spill may not be as great as (nearly) everyone feared: Yes, the spill killed birds — but so..
» Legalize!
Tržišno rešenje 29. 7. 2010 08:49
I’m all for legalizing polygamy, because I’m all for legalizing almost everything. Kaže Steven Landsburg .
» Najbrže rastuća religija u istoriji
Tržišno rešenje 29. 7. 2010 08:33
Peter Berger tvrdi da su to Pentakostalci, jedna od protestantskih denominacija. Naime, pokret je osnovan početkom dvadesetog veka u Los Anđelesu, a danas ih navodno ima nekoliko stotina miliona širom Severne i Južne Amerike, Afrike i Azij..
» Restavracija Bonaca Neum – školjke prstaci legalno na jedilniku
had 29. 7. 2010 07:44
Školjke prstaci -( litophaga litophaga ) so ene izmed najbolj cenjenih školjk. Rastejo v skalah in je za njihovo nabiranje potrebno razbijati “obalo”, oz. kamne, v katerih živijo. Življenjska doba prstaca je do 80 let. Prstaci ..
» BL o avtorskih pravicah
LiLoLe 29. 7. 2010 06:28
Avtorske pravice (angl. “copyright”) so v digitalni dobi pogosto ogrožene. British Library (BL) je nedavno objavila knjižico “Driving UK Research. Is copyright a help or a hindrance?” v kateri skupina raziskovalcev iz najrazličnejših podro..
» Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam
Paul Krugman 29. 7. 2010 00:42
Keep your ranting terse.
» We're Number One!
Paul Krugman 29. 7. 2010 00:28
These really are the worst of times.
» Šok terapija
Tržišno rešenje 28. 7. 2010 22:18
Pošto se zaleteo sa dozvolama za privatne frizeraje i taksiste Brat nacije je postao oprezan . Raul Kastro je, međutim, još pre šest meseci najavljujući ekonomske reforme među kojima je i privatizacija malih trgovinskih radnji, rekao da će..
» What if Byron Williams had been a teetotaler? | Michael Tomasky
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 28. 7. 2010 20:55
This one had escaped my notice until today. A California man was arrested last week for drunk driving. He was on his way to San Francisco to kill liberals and spark a revolution. He was headed to the offices of the Tides Foundation, a prog..
» Elections of 42
SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY 29. 7. 2010 15:26
If you google terms Pavle Gantar and Douglas Adams together, you get zero relevant results. And yet it looks like president of the parliament is a huge fan of the man who gave us that wholly remarkable book with the words “Don’t panic!” wr..
» Veliki pregled blogerskih platform – Posterous
Hapax Legomena 29. 7. 2010 07:11
Pregled zaključujem s pogledom na storitev Posterous . Če sta WordPress in Blogger tradicionalni blogerski platformi ter Tumblr nekakšno orodje za zbiranje vsebin, je Posterous mešanica bloga in platforme za tako imenovan “lifestream..
» Nukleolinus – ponovno odkrit
MIKROBioLOG 29. 7. 2010 06:08
V standardni nabor celičnih komponent bo treba vključiti nov element, pravzaprav ga bo treba vključiti ponovno, saj je bil odkrit že pred 150 leti, a je bil nato pozabljen. Nukleolinus je celična sestavina v jedru številnih celic, vključno..
» Krožna pot do Triglavskih jezer
Nergač 28. 7. 2010 16:00
Na telefonu imam za zvonenje nastavljenega, koga drugega kot Scatmana . Super. Ampak problem je, da imam isto pesem nastavljeno tudi za bujenje. Enostavno se mi ne ljubi zamenjat, čeprav ga vsako jutro preklinjam. Ko me je v petek zbudil o..
» Do Kindergarten Teachers Matter More than Parents?
Greg Mankiw's Blog 28. 7. 2010 15:36
New research on the value of kindergarten teachers is remarkable . In fact, it seems a bit hard to believe. If kindergarten teachers matter as much as this new research suggests, then you would think that parents would hav..
» Kajenje in periodontalna obolenja
MIKROBioLOG 28. 7. 2010 15:13
Kadilcem, ki so po običaju nezaupljivi do vseh, ki jim svetujejo opustitev razvade, se bo ta vest morda zdela za lase privlečena in samo nov korak v splošni protikadilski kampanji. Vendar naj bi opustitev kajenja zmanjšala število nezažele..
» Veliki pregled blogerskih platform – Tumblr
Hapax Legomena 28. 7. 2010 07:41
O Tumblrju sem prvič pisal 12. marca 2007 , kar si štejem kot vizionarski dosežek. Skratka, od takrat se je Tumblr razvijal in rasel in sedaj so pomembni. Po najnovejših podatkih imajo 6 milijonov uporabnikov in 1,5 milijarde ogledov stran..
» Medijski
Drugi dom 27. 7. 2010 16:57
Odgovorni urednik informativnega programa RTV v intervjuju za Reporter zagovarja novo kadrovsko pridobitev Televizije Slovenije. Čeprav se je morda mogoče še strinjati, da sta prišleka glede na kriterije komercialnih televizij svoje delo v..
» Readings for the Pigou Club
Greg Mankiw's Blog 27. 7. 2010 14:43
Gib Metcalf makes the case . (He suggests that club members email their support for higher Pigovian taxes to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility .) USA Today joins the club .
» The Nature Of The Beast
SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY 27. 7. 2010 11:02
Pengovsky skipped on blogging altogether last week and he really has no excuse other than…. Ah well, there's no excuse, really. Sleeping is for pussies. But there you go Anyways, there's a lot to write about. The date for municipal electio..
» Светляк
oslikarstvuinšečem 27. 7. 2010 10:28
Tole je naročila ruska tvrdka ALMAZ.Je za kaj?
» Veliki pregled blogerskih platform – WordPress
Hapax Legomena 27. 7. 2010 07:41
Na področju blogov je WordPress velika gorila. Odprtokodni projekt je prerasel v eno najbolj razširjenih spletnih platform, ki poganja ogromno blogov (202 milijona po zadnjih podatkih). WordPress se šteje med rešitve za “resne”..
