Ma.gnolia: Mark Paschal's Bookmarks Tagged With "economics"

potlatch: gift-theft economies

markpasc — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:32:35 PDT

“Publishers seem to believe that economics explains almost 'everything', but what would the rational choice brigade make of this incident? Ideally I would put this on a wiki, so that the mini-Stephen Levitt's could annotate it, explaining just what the fuck was going on.”

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Tags: economics, society, story, will davies

Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club - New York Times

markpasc — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:32:40 PDT

“This may not be comforting, but your confusion is shared by many people in the middle of this financial crisis.”

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Tags: nytimes, politics, economics, housing bust, finance

Interview with a Hedge Fund Manager · n+1

markpasc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:32:49 PST

“It’s just a couple steps from that to the computers enslaving—” “Yes, but I for one welcome our computer trading masters.”

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Tags: economics, finance, computers, via:kottke, sub-prime mortgages, mortgage bubble

The Old New Thing : When computer programmers dabble in economics: Paying parking tickets

markpasc — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:53:43 PST

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Tags: economics, geeks, seattle, parking

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell

markpasc — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:02:25 PST

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Tags: classic, bertrand russell, politics, economics

Unqualified Reservations: A general theory of corruption

markpasc — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:45:35 PDT

"Either of these transformations would be Pareto-optimizing and eliminate large Federal bureaucracies and political constituencies, which is probably why I've never heard anyone even suggest them."

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Tags: economics, politics, corruption, theory, government

Newsvine - The real reason why Americans can't pay their mortgages

markpasc — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:48:14 PDT

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Tags: mortgage, economics, america, endtimes

Cafe Hayek: An Anecdote on Health Care

markpasc — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:34:50 PDT

"[M]erely declaring, statutorily, that every citizen has a right to health care, or that health care is 'free' to every citizen, does not make health care available to all or 'free.'"

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Tags: politics, health, economics

Freakonomics Blog » We Want a Wii! (Still)

markpasc — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:59:35 PDT

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Tags: games, wii, economics

Capitalism 2.0: The Linden dollar Game

markpasc — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:18:19 PST

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Tags: second life, economics

Ben Stein: A City on a Hill, or a Looting Opportunity - New York Times

markpasc — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:14:46 PDT

"I don't see this... as a Republican thing or a Democratic thing. It's just the way we live today. Drunken sailors from the Capitol to the freeways. Heirs living on their inheritance and spending it fast. ... It is later than anyone dares to think."

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Tags: politics, economics, america, bugmenot, ben stein

Terra Nova: Indebted

markpasc — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:53:54 PDT

"I suspect that this it linked to Ted's observations about the economy of virtual worlds being an economy of fun. It's just that here the fun is generated by reciprocal obligations that are compelling even though they are--as in the case of faction-grindi

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Tags: economics, gaming, fun, nintendo ds, virtual worlds