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A Nobel Economist weighs in on Obama's plan(bloomberg.com)
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by jwb119 18y ago
I don't think Japanese monetary policy in the 1990's really qualifies as Keynesian.. They had a zero % interest rate and pioneered the concept of quantitative easing, but the theory underlying the policy wasn't exactly based on being able t
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The Serious Need for Play(sciam.com)
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Like all policies, you have to look at the downside risk. IMO, the downside of a Keynesian solution is MASSIVELY larger than an chicago school type solution. You have the government taking on huge quantities of debt, no guaranteed cure for
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Bill Gates updates the "Gospel of Wealth"(economist.com)
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The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor(sciam.com)
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by jwb119 18y ago
this isn't really a new argument.. see this NYT article from October, which was one of the first major outlets to pick up on the story.. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/business/29credit.html having said that, i completely agree that th
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by jwb119 18y ago
As someone that has worked on the bond trading floor at a major i-bank, I can definitely say that Bloomberg is the universal standard for data/analysis. The enterprise grade terminal is pretty steep though.. around $1,500 per month if I re
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Ask HN: How effective are "share this" buttons?
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as far as i can tell, carbon trading is not directly subsidized by the government as lovelock seems to imply. the closest thing i can find is subsidies for emissions reductions equipment (which could allow the company purchasing the equipme
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by jwb119 18y ago
Good points, but I wonder how many early stage startups actually sign the long term class A office space leases that so irk the author.
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"Mode 2" Knowledge Production(prescott.edu)
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Obama inauguration traffic not good for everyone(news.cnet.com)
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by jwb119 18y ago
i'm probably in the minority here, but i think constructing a test that rewards a broad but intensive base of knowledge and the ability to create a cohesive argument in a short amount of time should be applauded. at the very least, hackers
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The Impossible Project(the-impossible-project.com)
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The White House on Twitter - Another Transition(twitter.com)
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The hope and change index(economist.com)
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by jwb119 18y ago
its only briefly mentioned in the graphic to the article, but Sealand has a fascinating history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
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A New Era of Regulation(businessweek.com)
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Just for the sake of clarity, my post didn't go so far as to endorse the efficient market hypothesis as 100% valid. I do however think it is fundamental to have an understanding of the basic precepts before diving in the market.
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"Merely famous people have pictures of themselves on the wall. Really great people have pictures of dead people on the wall, and on their desks. It's one of the first things I look for when I go into somebody's office." I think the point ab
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by jwb119 18y ago
I would absolutely recommend reading "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" by Burton Malkiel. Its a great introduction to the theory of efficient markets.
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by jwb119 18y ago
i'm not sure why the article doesn't mention it, but one of the reasons this makes sense for MS is the rising "contango" in oil futures (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contango and http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1214 ) e
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by jwb119 18y ago
I think its misguided to say that greed got us into the current economic mess and that selflessness is the solution. It's a nice happy theory but it flies in the face of almost everything that we know about human nature. The real interesti
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by jwb119 18y ago
As a non-technical founder trying to pick up coding i will definitely be working through this. I've also found http://code.google.com/edu/curriculumsearch/ to be a good resource for self learning materials.
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Sounds good. I'll be there.
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i've been reading hacker news daily for the past few months, but haven't been an active poster (wanted to get the feel of the site before jumping in). i really enjoy the site and would be interested in swinging by tonight to meet some othe