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Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

Archives Highlighted Previous Edit COVID Market for Man Slavery 20th C. Reading 'Chicago'

The Death of Ken Sokoloff

Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis: Martin Wolf Glosses Nouriel Roubini

links for 2007-05-23

Edward Wong and Damien Cave: The Americans seem especially frustrated with what they describe as the Iraqi government’s approval of militia control. The Sadr loyalist nominated to be a battalion commander here worked for the guard detail of Mr. Aaraji,
Lionel Tiger does not like Clifford Geertz
Joan Walsh: When the ultimate Bush history is written, McKinnon himself will be an interesting footnote. A political strategist for Texas Gov. Ann Richards before he hooked up with Bush, McKinnon was crucial to the myth-making that Bush was a different ki
Joss Whedon: Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death: Last month seventeen year old Dua Khalil was pulled into a crowd of young men, some of them (the instigators) family, who then kicked and stoned her to death. This is an example of the breath-taking oxy

Now those of you who frequent this site are, in my wildly biased opinion, fairly evolved. You may hear nothing new here. You may be way ahead of me. But I can’t contain my despair, for Dua Khalil, for humanity, for the world we’re shaping. Those of yo
Underbelly: How To Be a True Aristocrat: Remember that if God has caused you to be born on the steps of a throne you ought not to make that as reason for looking down upon those whom Divine Providence has willed (wherefore his name be praised) that you sh
Kevin Drum: This sounds just like our Alberto [Gonzales], doesn't it? He's consistently demonstrated an inability to construct explanations for bad behavior above the level of a junior high school student. "We didn't get the fax" is par for the course.
Kenneth L. Sokoloff: Working Papers

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