October 2008
6 posts
My Thoughts on the Economic Crisis
Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the university hosted a multidisciplinary symposium on the economic crisis (PDF flyer). They recorded the whole proceeding, so you can see me do my 15-minute bit here and my slides are located here.
Sedaris Calls Obama Chicken
From this week’s New Yorker:
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she...
13 Yesterday, 31 Today
My top braces came off about seven weeks ago. The bottom ones came off today. Susanne says now I’m in high school (with two retainers) rather than in junior high (with braces).
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Separating the Good Apples?
The following is a story about how the financial crisis is spilling over into the real economy:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2008/10/frozen_trade.cfm
Because sellers deem buyers’ letters of credit to be worthless, they are refusing to fulfill transactions. It should be part of the bailout package, then, to try to separate the bad apples from the good apples. There must be banks...