Archive for August, 2009
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[?]Submitted by Off the Cuff Style
Where did the summer go?
This is likely the last short sleeve shirt I’ll make for a client this season!
Made from fine Swiss Cotton Shirting fabric,
This shirt features a lined bias pocket and a bias back yoke.
As you can see in the photo below, the client also […]
$9 trillion– what, me worry?
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
Paul Krugman may not be that concerned by the Obama administration’s new projection that the unified federal budget deficits will sum to $9 trillion dollars over the next 10 years. But I am.
Here’s the argument Paul Krugman gave for why $9 trillion maybe isn’t as huge a sum as […]
I Am Even More Confused Now…
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
By Richard Posner’s math…On August 25th he wrote, regarding Dr. Romer’s August 6 speech:
The figure of $60 billion of $61 billion is too high. According to recovery.gov, the $61 billion figure is as of last week–seven weeks after the end of the second quarter. Since the rate of stimulus […]
Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of the Debt Crisis of 2008
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
From “Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of the Debt Crisis of 2008,” in the La Follette Policy Report by Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden:
In late 2008, the world’s financial system seized up. Billions of dollars worth of financial assets were frozen in place, the value of securities uncertain, […]
Compared to Canada, The U.S. Has Way TOO Many Banks: Bank Failures Might Be Good for the U.S.
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
With more than 8,000 banks, does the U.S. have too many banks? The comparisons to Canada below provide some perspective. According to Wikipedia, Canada has a total of 72 banks, and that number is very high by historical standards.
From 1920 to 1980, Canada had only 11 banks. By […]
The Dark Side of Ted Kennedy’s Legacy
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
4-Block World.
Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine — The legislation for which Ted Kennedy will be remembered is precisely the sort of top-down, centralized legislation that needs to be jettisoned in the 21st century. Kennedy was in fact a man out of time, a bridge back to the […]
America’s Smallest Bank: Oakwood Bank of Texas
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Oakwood Bank, America’s smallest bank, has about $3 million in total assets and about $2.13 million in total deposits (bank data here). In contrast, America’s largest bank, Chase, has about $1.60 trillion of assets and almost $1 trillion of deposits, more than 500,000 times the size of Oakwood […]
81 Bank Failures So Far in 2009: It’s All Relative
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
So far this year, there have been 81 bank failures out of 8,195 FDIC-insured institutions, or slightly fewer than 1% of all banks. How does that compare to previous periods of financial stress and episodes of bank failures?
This first graph below shows annual bank failures (data here) from […]
Land Use, Ethanol and Carbon
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[?]Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The EPA continues working on a method to compare the greenhouse-gas lifecycle of biofuels vs. petroleum and how that affects meeting the 36-billion gallon Renewable Fuels Standard goal for 2022.
USDG to Build Ethanol Terminal in Southern California
Initial Rules for Massachusetts Biofuels Law Spark Outcry
Fish Farm Seeks Partner […]
Creative Destruction
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
1. Mobile phones replace alarm clocks.
2. 158 million U.S. Internet users watched online video in July, the largest audience ever recorded. Online video reached another all-time high in July with a total of 21.4 billion videos viewed during the month.
3. Toyota to Close Union Plant in California, the […]
Cartoonify Yourself
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Create free cartoons from your photos at BeFunky.
Originally posted at Carpe Diem.
Peak-Oil and Biofuels: Both Running On Empty
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Michael Lynch, NY Times — In the end, perhaps the most misleading claim of the peak-oil advocates is that the earth was endowed with only 2 trillion barrels of “recoverable” oil. Actually, the consensus among geologists is that there are some 10 trillion barrels out there. A century […]
Turf War Smackdown: The AMA and MDs vs. DNPs
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — The University of Michigan-Flint is launching an online doctoral program in nursing this fall. The university says the nurse practitioners it trains will be able to assess and manage medical and nursing problems in a variety of specialties and settings. It says the new degree […]
Markets In Everything: Creative Poodle Grooming
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DailyMail — They may resemble pandas, buffalos and camels - but these animals are actually poodles, all competing for the title of top dog at ‘creative grooming’ shows across the U.S.
HT: Adam Smith Institute
Originally posted at Carpe Diem.
First Lecture for EEP 100
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
am teaching environmental economics and policy 100 (intermediate microeconomics) at UC Berkeley.
Here’s the syllabus [PDF].
I gave my first lecture today.
Here’s the audio [27MB MP3].
I am working on getting the video posted.
I am NOT going to post more lectures here. I am posting this one because it gives a […]
Spending on Lobbying Doubled From 2000 to 2008
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The top chart above shows that spending on lobbying in the U.S. more than doubled between 2000 ($1.56 billion) and 2008 ($3.30 billion), according to the searchable lobbying database of OpenSecrets.org. The bottom chart shows the top 20 organizations that spent the most on lobbying between 1998-2009. […]
DWR as a Fail Organization
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
This presentation [PDF] from California’s Department of Water Resources undermines unintentionally their claim to responsibility, competency and/or adequacy.
First is the fact that 81 taf of 612 taf of water transfers passed through the DWR-managed drought water bank. Thirteen percent isn’t very good, and here’s why they failed (no […]
It’s A Sweet Deal for Sugar Growers, But A Sour Deal for Consumers Who Pay Twice World Price
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The chart above displays refined sugar prices (cents per pound) using annual data from the USDA for a) U.S. wholesale refined beet sugar price at Midwest markets and b) the world refined sugar price. Due to trade restrictions on imported sugar coming into the U.S. at the world […]
Today I Start Teaching
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
Let’s not have this, shall we?
Complete the analogy:
Robo-student is to robo-citizen as thinking student is to…. __________
If you get the right answer (ask the person in the cubicle next to you to grade your performance), then listen to this mp3. (Permission to bop-around granted!)
Business Strategy for the Recession
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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
Fortune Magazine has a good article by Ram Charan mistitled, “My (Recovery) Playbook.” It’s actually more about bottom of the recession business strategy, and though it’s a great article, it comes a bit too late for most companies. The time to start implementing this strategy was […]
Poland 2 zlotys 2009 - Tatra Mountains Rescue Service
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[?]Submitted by World Coin News
New circulating commemorative:
100th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Voluntary Tatra Mountains Rescue Service
LINK: National Bank of Poland
LINK: Polish State Mint
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Nordic gold, CuAl5Zn5Sn1
Weight: 8.15 g
Diameter: 27.00 mm
AFI Post #8
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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
You like bikes you say? Well, this post is for you. Seemed like the number of cars and bikes in attendance was smaller than last year. Still several kool bikes. Heck…there was even a kool Cushman scooter.
AFI Post #7
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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
I took this picture for my car club buddy that owns a Chrome plating business, thought he would drool over this Firebird.
I’ve been seeing more ‘57 Chevy gassers at shows this summer.
It’s always great to run into friends and acquiantances at car shows. Bob and […]
Finland 2 euros 2009 - Year 1809
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[?]Submitted by World Coin News
New bimetallic circulating commemorative:
“Celebration of the year 1809″
The Finnish Ministry of Finance has decided to issue a commemorative two-euro coin in celebration of the year 1809, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Finnish autonomy and the founding of Central Governmental Institutions in Finland.
The design of the […]
PINKNAUSEA CONSPIRACIES on Stu…
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PINKNAUSEA CONSPIRACIES on Stupid Cancer Show will air 10/12. http://tobtr.com/s/672709 #BlogTalkRadio
