A life in words

  • The Dark Bailout

    Via Greg Mankiw:

  • Our Own Advice

    Says Robert Shimer via Greg Mankiw’s blog: The U.S. has long been a beacon of free markets. When economic conditions turn sour in Argentina or Indonesia, we give very clear instructions on what to do: balance the budget, cut government employment, maintain free trade and the rule of law, and do not prop up failing…

  • Bailin' on Palin

    In case there are any Republican bosses / campaign strategists reading this blog, here’s a recommendation: drop Palin. She seems like a lovely lady, but truthfully she’s in over her head. Instead, why not capitalize on the economic crisis by bringing Romney on board? I’m not really a Romney booster, but it sort of makes…

The Master said, ‘Yu, shall I tell you what it is to know[?] To say you know when you know, and to say you do not when you do not, that is knowledge.’Confucius, The Analects, II.17, trans. D. C. Lau, Penguin 1979