Also McCloskey: great rant on what's right and wrong with micro-economics.
« February 2007 | Main | April 2007 »
Also McCloskey: great rant on what's right and wrong with micro-economics.
Deirdre McCloskey has a brand new website, including an (empty) blog.
Are academic journal articles coterie writing? Rest of the article is rubbish, but I liked that comparison
Russian journalist defenestrated?
The Pentagon worries about Chinese naval buildup. But why are they concerned about Taiwan, rather than about China's projection of naval force into the Arabian Sea, to dominate the Middle East and Central Asia?
The S outh Korean government is working on an Asimov-like 'robot ethics charter' (Telegraph)
A Kyrgyz MP wants to legalise opium, and hence pay off the country's debt within 2 years. Probably because CSIS has been suggesting the same thing for Afghanistan.
US world human rights report for 2006. God, but it's huge
Several interesting items from Boingboing: France bans non-journalists filming acts of violence; China blocks Livejournal and stops new internet cafes opening
My Dot-Green Future Is Finally Arriving - enthusiastic WaPo piece by Bruce Sterling, saying Briight Green is The Future.
Latest Seymour Hersh piece on Iran. Not one of his greats, but still interesting.