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ICYMI: Econ Valentines
It is well-known that studying the behavior of economists can shed light on the actions of other species (namely, humans) under a limited set of conditions. However, rigorous research on the mating...
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Book ID Numbers
Pink identifies the prefix, current only 978 or 979. Purplse is the registration group element, identifying the geographical source of the book (1-5 digits). In light green is the publisher or...
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Risk, Overreaction, and Control
How many people died because of the September 11 attacks? The answer depends on what you are trying to measure. The official estimate is around 3,000 deaths as a direct result of hijacked aircraft and...
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Great Gatsby, Copyright, and the Public Domain
Is the Great Gatsby in the public domain? The book was written in 1925 and Fitzgerald passed away in 1940. Copyright generally expires 70 years after the author’s death, so you could be forgiven for...
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Grad Student Gift Ideas
My sister is starting a graduate program this fall, so I wanted to put together a “grad school survival kit” gift basket for her. When I was looking, though, most search results for things like that...
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Review: RubyMotion iOS Development Essentials
RubyMotion is a continued topic of interest on this blog, and I will likely have more posts about it in the near future. At this stage I am still getting comfortable with iOS development, but I would...
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The “Manual for Civilization” Project: A Library for the End of the World
With the subtitle, “How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch,” you can probably guess the genre of The Knowledge. I read this ambitious book over the holidays, hoping that I could learn some of the basics...
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