chrismealy

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by chrismealy 9y ago
Books like that mostly just narrow their vision to exclude anything that's not in harmony with the libertarian view. More woefully incomplete than wrong.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Intro is taught assuming perfect markets, with caveats. You are one of the rare outstanding students who remembers the caveats! This book's approach is to introduce a general model of strategic interactions, and then discusses perfect
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by chrismealy 9y ago
http://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/book/text/0-3-contents....
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by chrismealy 9y ago
I'm pretty sure it's meant to be used over two semesters.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
I've read the first eight chapters and it is excellent. It's up to date with current empirical developments (Intro texts have hardly changed since Alfred Marshall) and has a much broader scope. Overall it's much more in tune
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Two sciences tie the knot(news.mit.edu)
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by chrismealy 9y ago
General government spending (local, regional, national): Switzerland 33% USA 37% Military % of GDP: Switzerland 0.7% USA 3.3% https://data.oecd.org/gga/general-government-spending.htm https:/&#
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by chrismealy 9y ago
The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. §
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by chrismealy 9y ago
I love that I got downvotes for this. People are mad about the post office.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Yes it is, 100%.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
I don't know how plants people buy are propagated (seed, cuttings, layering, etc).
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by chrismealy 9y ago
You actually can grow red huckleberries (at least in the PNW). I even have one in a neglected pot that does ok. Here's an advanced technique: http://www.skilledwright.com/redhuckleberries.htm I've don't think
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by chrismealy 9y ago
If everybody listened to this advice there would still be slavery. Being good at statistics doesn't make you an expert in everything.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
CEOs always locate headquarters were they want to live.
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If You Build It, the Dutch Will Pedal (2017)(nytimes.com)
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Yes, not for themselves but for society. If you like the way Germany, The Netherlands, and the Nordics do things, you should know that these countries have very high levels of union membership, up to 80%. Their broad labor movements created
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by chrismealy 9y ago
If raising gas taxes would save 12,000 lives per year then America should definitely do it. It's a social problem that doesn't require technological solutions.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Canada has 40% fewer road deaths by population. I don't think they're that much richer or smarter than Americans. Complacency is killing people.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Humans are never going to live on Mars either, but at this point these things are matter of religious conviction for techies.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Other countries have much lower car death rates. It's a social problem that can be solved without waiting technological miracles.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
There are ton of great foraging books for the PNW, a lot of them published recently and easy for beginners. All the local bookstores have them. I like the one by Douglass Duer. Langdon Cook's books are also great. Survivalism is totall
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Nine out of those eleven recessions were triggered by the Fed raising interest rates for the purpose of controlling inflation.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
I miss the textures a lot. All the flatness makes the UI too harsh.
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Level of Traffic Stress – What It Means for Building Better Bike Networks(blog.altaplanning.com)
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Look up the research on how height effects wages. You're still coming out way ahead.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
So basically Mars would be a prison, with robots doing most of the work. Might as well just send the robots and leave the humans on Earth. If people want to live in a cave they can do that here.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
The stock market actually does the opposite of raise money. More dollars go out with share buybacks than are raised with new issues. It's mostly used for equity owners to cash out. I mean, hardly anyone would own stocks if they weren&#
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by chrismealy 9y ago
If your idea of living off the grid relies on the products of a complex industrial society, then what's the point? Just to create the illusion of total individualism? If you want sustainability (and I do!) just be sustainable, and leav
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by chrismealy 9y ago
Sapolsky writes about a certain amount of stress being good for you. IIRC he cites a study about people in retirement homes do better if they are made to do chores.
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by chrismealy 9y ago
What's Amazon's cut of a $1500 third party sale?

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