Date posted: October 26, 2008
Escaped from Malthus?
Supplementary material for my review of Gregory Clark: A Farewell to Alms; Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion; and Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes.
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Date posted: October 22, 2008
The Economics of Hotel Prices
The primary determinants of hotel room rates are location and room size. Of course the more expensive hotels do their best to hide this.
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Date posted: October 21, 2008
Science Special Issue On Cities
In its 8 February 2008 issue, the journal Science explored the various ramifications of urban transformation. The different articles provide an excellent introduction to urbanization and the challenges facing the emerging global mega-cities.
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Date posted: October 19, 2008
This Is Called Volatility Clustering
There's nothing unusual about the large swings in share prices of the past few weeks.
Recent Posts
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Holland Animation Film festival 2008
As with every edition of the Holland Animation Film festival there were too many films. And also as with every edition the films ranged from hilarious, touching and stunning to boring, tedious and outright dreadful.
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I'm a cyborg is yet another highly intelligent movie by Park Chan-wook. It's also a visual treat and in its own special way profoundly moving.
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Supplementary material for my review of Gregory Clark: A Farewell to Alms; Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion; and Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes.
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