Newmark's Door http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/ Things one middle-aged economist finds interesting en-US 2013-06-18T05:48:00-04:00 NewmarksDoorhttp://feedburner.google.com Four that might interest economics faculty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/bNLp5kDi6AU/three-that-might-interest-economics-faculty.html The recent placement record of Princeton's economic department. Harvard's. A short video advertisement for a graduate economics textbook. (Who knew Recursive Macroeconomics could sound so interesting?) And this, worthy of a research project: "Can any older professors give perspective on... The recent placement record of Princeton's economic department. Harvard's.

A short video advertisement for a graduate economics textbook. (Who knew Recursive Macroeconomics could sound so interesting?)

And this, worthy of a research project: "Can any older professors give perspective on all this grade whining?"

]]> Economics Education Craig 2013-06-18T05:48:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/three-that-might-interest-economics-faculty.html ". . . unutterably depressing reading" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/om5ALn3CL0A/-unutterably-depressing-reading.html Felix Salmon has read Detroit's Proposal for Creditors so you don't have to. you don't have to. 
]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-18T05:46:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/-unutterably-depressing-reading.html "Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/MEytALaAqrs/why-privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide.html GW law professor Daniel J. Solove replies to an argument commonly advanced these days: "Only if you're doing something wrong should you worry, and then you don't deserve to keep it private." Another Solove piece in the Washington Post. And... GW law professor Daniel J. Solove replies to an argument commonly advanced these days: "Only if you're doing something wrong should you worry, and then you don't deserve to keep it private."

Another Solove piece in the Washington Post. And another, a law review article, exploring the issue at greater length.

(Link fixed now. Thanks, Dave.)

]]> Current Affairs Craig 2013-06-18T05:46:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/why-privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide.html Excellent question http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/A5VsAkrCH8U/excellent-question.html Paul Gregory: "'Austerity' To Blame? But Where's The Austerity?" Washinton, D.C. doesn't seem to be hurting. Paul Gregory: "'Austerity' To Blame? But Where's The Austerity?"

Washinton, D.C. doesn't seem to be hurting.

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-18T05:30:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/excellent-question.html "Never Mind Inequality: Silicon Valley Enriches All of Our Lives" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/GcXaDkruZys/never-mind-inequality-silicon-valley-enriches-all-of-our-lives.html Amen to this. All throughout the country, unions are pounding tech companies with regulation: taxi unions oppose smart-phone ridesharing apps, hotel unions have threatened apartment owners who rent out their rooms, and college faculty unions are fighting low-cost online courses.... Amen to this.

All throughout the country, unions are pounding tech companies with regulation: taxi unions oppose smart-phone ridesharing apps, hotel unions have threatened apartment owners who rent out their rooms, and college faculty unions are fighting low-cost online courses.

At least unions are honest: the best (and perhaps only) way to fight inequality is to stall progress.

But slowing technology will rob us of a more educated and innovative society. For instance, White House Science Fair Awardee, 17-year-old Brittany Wenger, designed a low-cost way to radically increase early cancer detection. Wenger told me that she taught herself advanced computer programming with the help of web tutorials—resources she never would have had at even the best high schools.

]]> Business Current Affairs Economics Web/Tech Craig 2013-06-18T05:11:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/never-mind-inequality-silicon-valley-enriches-all-of-our-lives.html Why won't these ?!#!#%*#! people just sit still and be taxed?? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/zzz0pEcgR6A/why-wont-these-people-just-sit-still-and-be-taxed.html Monaco has an unfair advantage in recruiting top soccer talent: players move to avoid high taxes. So do corporations. And so are--soon probably a lot more will--Americans. (Bonus follow-on to that link: "Midland Ain't Pretty, But It Works".) Monaco has an unfair advantage in recruiting top soccer talent: players move to avoid high taxes. 

So do corporations.

And so are--soon probably a lot more will--Americans. (Bonus follow-on to that link: "Midland Ain't Pretty, But It Works".)

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-17T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/why-wont-these-people-just-sit-still-and-be-taxed.html Energy: the future looks very good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/taMe6DDnRgc/energy-the-future-looks-very-good.html Shale oil. Oil and gas in general. Solar. Most interesting of all: guess who's having second thoughts about nuclear? Shale oil.

Oil and gas in general.

Solar.

Most interesting of all: guess who's having second thoughts about nuclear?

 

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-17T05:44:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/energy-the-future-looks-very-good.html John Mauldin versus an NC State economist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/Y9Ml5hG33sQ/john-mauldin-versus-an-nc-state-economist.html Well, it's not really "versus" because Mr. Mauldin doesn't provide the full text of John Seater's comments. It's understandable that he didn't want to copy into his column what I'd guess was were lengthy comments, but he should have posted... Well, it's not really "versus" because Mr. Mauldin doesn't provide the full text of John Seater's comments. It's understandable that he didn't want to copy into his column what I'd guess was were lengthy comments, but he should have posted them on his website and provided readers with a link so they could judge the dispute for themselves.

And while it's ad hominem, Mr. Mauldin seems to be an entertainer and a world-class schmoozer--not that there's anything wrong with that--so if John's full comments were available, I'm nearly certain he'd win.

]]> Economics Craig 2013-06-17T05:42:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/john-mauldin-versus-an-nc-state-economist.html An update for the poor guy who was confused by Texas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/U9b1TXkbFWk/an-update-for-the-poor-guy-who-was-confused-by-texas.html I excerpted him here. BBC News[!] provides a pretty good answer: "10 Reasons Why So Many People Are Moving to Texas". Bonus: "17 Reasons Why Houston is the Best City in America". I excerpted him here.

BBC News[!] provides a pretty good answer: "10 Reasons Why So Many People Are Moving to Texas".

Bonus: "17 Reasons Why Houston is the Best City in America".

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-17T05:42:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/an-update-for-the-poor-guy-who-was-confused-by-texas.html "The Paradox of Dumb Money" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/Y2NnZ6RLS3w/the-paradox-of-dumb-money.html The dumb money is learning it's dumb and is taking steps toward becoming really smart. But if they become smarter, that will create more opportunities for the "smart" people to become even smarter, making the dumb people relatively dumber. Again.... The dumb money is learning it's dumb and is taking steps toward becoming really smart. But if they become smarter, that will create more opportunities for the "smart" people to become even smarter, making the dumb people relatively dumber. Again.

Got it?

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-17T05:41:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/the-paradox-of-dumb-money.html "Find Your Perfect Music Teacher: Take lessons online over live video" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/tcBGyje2l-M/find-your-perfect-music-teacher-take-lessons-online-over-live-video.html Could be good for some people. good for some people. 
]]> Education Music Craig 2013-06-16T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/find-your-perfect-music-teacher-take-lessons-online-over-live-video.html "The Ultimate Comedy Library: 57 Books Every Comedy Fan Should Read" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/TAHsZc2V3M0/the-ultimate-comedy-library-57-books-every-comedy-fan-should-read.html Tina Fey's Bossypants and others. Bossypants and others.
]]> Books Fun Craig 2013-06-16T05:48:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/the-ultimate-comedy-library-57-books-every-comedy-fan-should-read.html "10 Regrettable Retro Food Recipes" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/9JRPJaM2_Eo/10-regrettable-retro-food-recipes.html It's amazing that America survived the canned-vegetable-and-Jello years. canned-vegetable-and-Jello years. 
]]> Food and Drink Craig 2013-06-15T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/10-regrettable-retro-food-recipes.html "The Real Reason Older Men Like To Date Younger Women" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/2zLs-Uw3EcU/the-real-reason-older-men-like-to-date-younger-women.html Not what you think. (Link via Instapundit.) Another one of Mother Nature's jokes, kinda like that difference in the ages of sexual peaks. Not what you think. (Link via Instapundit.)

Another one of Mother Nature's jokes, kinda like that difference in the ages of  sexual peaks. 

]]> Science Craig 2013-06-15T05:50:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/the-real-reason-older-men-like-to-date-younger-women.html "Malicious Focus Group Convinces Marketers Cinnamon Mountain Dew Is The Next Big Thing" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/nFQrH6i5CqM/malicious-focus-group-convinces-marketers-cinnamon-mountain-dew-is-the-next-big-thing.html The Onion, of course. (For another short, funny--but unsettling--article on focus groups, see Will Leitch's "Group Thinker".) The Onion, of course. (For another short, funny--but unsettling--article on focus groups, see Will Leitch's "Group Thinker".)
]]> Business Fun Craig 2013-06-14T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/malicious-focus-group-convinces-marketers-cinnamon-mountain-dew-is-the-next-big-thing.html "She Sells Sanctuary" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/JYPksW0rZxY/she-sells-sanctuary.html The Cult, live in London, 1987. Live in Austin, 2012. Compare and contrast. There will be a quiz later. (Also, the album version. There's a reason why most albums are recorded in studios with sound engineers.) The Cult, live in London, 1987. Live in Austin, 2012. Compare and contrast. There will be a quiz later.

(Also, the album version. There's a reason why most albums are recorded in studios with sound engineers.)

 

]]> Music Craig 2013-06-14T05:38:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/she-sells-sanctuary.html The hot new food in New York City http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/YBettFjr_ZA/the-hot-new-food-in-new-york-city.html Cronuts. The dessert is made from sheeted pastry dough, like a croissant, and fried like a doughnut. The pastry is then stuffed with vanilla cream, rolled in sugar, and topped with icing. Cronuts.

The dessert is made from sheeted pastry dough, like a croissant, and fried like a doughnut. The pastry is then stuffed with vanilla cream, rolled in sugar, and topped with icing.

]]> Food and Drink Craig 2013-06-14T05:15:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/the-hot-new-food-in-new-york-city.html "Congress needs to stop subsidies to sugar farmers" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/ROJ9xNo-S0U/congress-needs-to-stop-subsidies-to-sugar-farmers.html It sure the heck does. But I, for one, won't hold my breath. It sure the heck does.

But I, for one, won't hold my breath.

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-14T05:07:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/congress-needs-to-stop-subsidies-to-sugar-farmers.html "Feeling Thirsty??" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/0NzEocfCMr0/feeling-thirsty-.html Possible help for beer drinkers: "Tell us your preferred beer style, and find similar beers to try out." find similar beers to try out."
]]> Food and Drink Craig 2013-06-13T05:43:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/feeling-thirsty-.html "If You Only Know 5 Things About Investing, Make It These" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/SPbfnJ2Csns/if-you-only-know-5-things-about-investing-make-it-these.html I don't know about "only," but these are five good things to know. five good things to know. 
]]> Information Craig 2013-06-13T05:40:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/if-you-only-know-5-things-about-investing-make-it-these.html "First English lesson at Harvard: Don’t modify 'unique'" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/kudHyrQ778E/first-english-lesson-at-harvard-dont-modify-unique.html Funny. Funny. 
]]> Education Craig 2013-06-13T05:34:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/first-english-lesson-at-harvard-dont-modify-unique.html "Know The House Advantage For Popular Casino Games" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/UIzE8xy75Jc/know-the-house-advantage-for-popular-casino-games.html It'll take them a little longer to bleed your money if you play craps or blackjack. craps or blackjack. 
]]> Games Craig 2013-06-13T05:00:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/know-the-house-advantage-for-popular-casino-games.html "Coming Soon To America: A Two-Tiered, Canadian-Style Health Care System" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/ebrNsuhK-0U/coming-soon-to-america-a-two-tiered-canadian-style-health-care-system.html And after creating this system Liberals will scream about all the . . . inequality. Count on it. inequality. Count on it. 
]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-12T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/coming-soon-to-america-a-two-tiered-canadian-style-health-care-system.html "Google’s Gotcha" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/yZN-QleQxEA/googles-gotcha.html "The surprising ways that Google can track everything that you do online". Some of them surprised me. "The surprising ways that Google can track everything that you do online".

Some of them surprised me.

]]> Web/Tech Craig 2013-06-12T05:45:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/googles-gotcha.html "A Gold Medal in the Hypocrisy Olympics" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/G1vuH95OdjY/a-gold-medal-in-the-hypocrisy-olympics.html That's Glenn Reynolds's comment on this: "Obama Tells Fatcat Donors Democrats Favor Free-Market Solutions and Less Government Regulation". Speaking of fatcat donors, see "Obama in Palo Alto: Fundraising with the Rich Radicals". (Rich people aren't bad if they are Democrats.... That's Glenn Reynolds's comment on this: "Obama Tells Fatcat Donors Democrats Favor Free-Market Solutions and Less Government Regulation".

Speaking of fatcat donors, see "Obama in Palo Alto: Fundraising with the Rich Radicals". (Rich people aren't bad if they are Democrats. Of course!)

]]> Current Affairs Craig 2013-06-12T05:45:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/a-gold-medal-in-the-hypocrisy-olympics.html "The new tech palaces: visionary HQs, or cursed trophies?" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/0CWLO71w-88/the-new-tech-palaces-visionary-hqs-or-cursed-trophies.html Also known as "Pride goeth before a fall". Pride goeth before a fall". 
]]> Business Web/Tech Craig 2013-06-12T05:34:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/the-new-tech-palaces-visionary-hqs-or-cursed-trophies.html A fine little lesson in foresighted rent-seeking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewmarksDoor/~3/x3uDakF3424/a-fine-little-lesson-in-foresighted-rent-seeking.html Suppose you're a businessman. Suppose you think Mrs. Clinton will probably run in 2016 and will probably win. What do you do? Why you throw a little "consulting" business to people who are close to her. Now. See "Tony's 'Good... Suppose you're a businessman. Suppose you think Mrs. Clinton will probably run in 2016 and will probably win. What do you do? 

Why you throw a little "consulting" business to people who are close to her. Now.
See "Tony's 'Good Fortune'".

]]> Current Affairs Economics Craig 2013-06-11T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.newmarksdoor.com/mainblog/2013/06/a-fine-little-lesson-in-foresighted-rent-seeking.html