NY Times, Sunday, May 6, 2001
To Weather Recession, Argentines Revert to Barter
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
BUENOS AIRES, May 5 By the standards of most Latin American countries,
Pedro Pérez hardly looks like a charity case. He wears a handsome sports
watch and a thick gold wedding ring. His hair is
I wonder what would happen to California if it became a ward of the IMF
and the World Bank? It would probably be forced to sell off its public
assets, like the LA municipal power plant, and all the water companies.
Then, California would be forced to take a high interest loan to keep
paying the
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Jim Devine wrote:
The problem with the standard model of MC is that (1) it assumes that
all firms have the same cost structure (even though they produce
different products); and (2) it focuses on equilibrium, ignoring the
process.
Are there a good books that develop a
The word statistics refers to three distinctively different things: the
science that deals with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of
numerical data, often using probability theory, the data themselves and
a branch of political science dealing with the collection of data RELEVANT
TO A
Michael, I have to disagree with you. The MBA approach is far more realistic
than the MC approach.
Michael Pollak wrote:
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Jim Devine wrote:
The problem with the standard model of MC is that (1) it assumes that
all firms have the same cost structure (even though they
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Michael Perelman wrote:
Michael, I have to disagree with you. The MBA approach is far more
realistic than the MC approach.
I don't disagree. I was referring to Jim Devine's implied non-standard
model of MC that made up for the normal MC shortcomings and made it
dynamic.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47320-2001May5.html
Unconventional Wisdom
Boys Will Be Boys
By Richard Morin
Sunday, May 6, 2001; Page B05
Men believe they're better stock traders than women. Men expect a better
return on their investment than do women who trade stocks. Men are more
http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010506/t38099.html
Sunday, May 6, 2001 | Print this story
Inflation Is More Than Mere Mirage
Isn't it truly bizarre that during a year when housing costs have
risen 25%, the price of gasoline has risen 50% and the price of electric
power has
Ian Murray wrote:
But when it came to trading, the clear winners were women, they found. Men
were far more likely to frantically trade stocks -- and far more likely to
see the value of their portfolios drop as a consequence.
More on the trickiness of statistics. Some information I
Surely the tax cut will more than offset these price increases.
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:42:50AM -0700, Ian Murray wrote:
Inflation Is More Than Mere Mirage
Isn't it truly bizarre that during a year when housing costs have
risen 25%, the price of gasoline has risen 50% and the
And if there was any hint that the state was going to buy out the power company, I
believe the CIA would start funding paramilitary groups hiding out in the moutains.
and believe me, such groups already exist (and I doubt that the CIA would have scruples
about helping neo-Nazis, since they've
Men believe they're better stock traders than women. Men expect a better return on
their
investment than do women who trade stocks. Men are more likely than women to think
they're
smarter about stocks than other people.
Well, guys are wrong, wrong and wrong, say two economists who have
It's worse than you all think. They would send
radio signals thru the receivers in your fillings
and you would vote to re-privatize. If they hadn't
picked up Valis he would be here to tell you.
mbs
And if there was any hint that the state was going to buy out the power
company, I
believe
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