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Musings of the Sorts!: September 2009
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Musings of the Sorts! Saturday, September 19, 2009. I have moved my blog to wordpress. Click here. Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Will the fiscal stimulus work? As policy makers gear up to respond to the crisis, there is an incessant debate over what will work and what will not. One such recurring debate is about the efficacy of the fiscal stimulus. In what follows I list some interesting arguments from both sides of the debate. Against the Fiscal Stimulus:. John Taylor has this good pictorial depiction.
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Musings of the Sorts!: August 2009
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Musings of the Sorts! Thursday, August 27, 2009. Lucas's Rebuttal of Critics of Economics! Criticizing economics and economists is in vogue. As the clouds of crisis show little signs of abating, a segment of population (read writers! So for what it is worth, this piece by Bob Lucas Jr. Does a good job of speaking for all of us who lack the wit and word of the New York Times best sellers but who still like to delve in the esoteric world of bizarre abstractions we call models! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Musings of the Sorts!: July 2008
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Musings of the Sorts! Wednesday, July 30, 2008. D D Kosambi Birth Centennial Issue. Here is the link. To the D D Kosambi Birth Centennial issue of the EPW. For those who want to know who this guy was, visit this link. For some biographical information. Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Is a very interesting discussion by Martin Wolf and Quentin Peel on India and Globalization. Monday, July 28, 2008. Bomb Blasts in India. Thursday, July 24, 2008. Global Warming and Macroeconomics. A very interesting application.
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Musings of the Sorts!: July 2009
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Musings of the Sorts! Monday, July 20, 2009. Economics, Economists, and the Crisis. Has some interesting perspectives on the state of economics and the crisis. To read click on the following links. Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm? Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm? Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Storrs, CT, United States. View my complete profile. Economics, Economists, and the Crisis.
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Musings of the Sorts!: Economics, Economists, and the Crisis
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Musings of the Sorts! Monday, July 20, 2009. Economics, Economists, and the Crisis. Has some interesting perspectives on the state of economics and the crisis. To read click on the following links. Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm? Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm? Http:/ www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Storrs, CT, United States. View my complete profile. Economics, Economists, and the Crisis.
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Musings of the Sorts!: November 2008
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Musings of the Sorts! Monday, November 17, 2008. Race and financial deregulation. Policies can have unintended consequences and most of the time if we talk about them they are negative. However, financial deregulation in US might have had a favorable one; that of reducing the wage gap between whites and blacks. This weeks Economic Focus. Comments on two papers which argue that it was indeed the case. Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Is Obama really that different? Article in the Economic and Political Weekly.
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Musings of the Sorts!: May 2008
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Musings of the Sorts! Friday, May 30, 2008. Bhootnath: Films and the economics of identity. Back to Bhoothnath. What I found most interesting apart from its concept, which you might say is inspired by Casper, is the songs featuring kids. They are raunchy and foottaping numbers filmed in the current style of hindi movies with lots of gals and guys surrounding our main characters from the film. However, the imagery used is bit different form what I have seen (or not seen! Completely devoid of its context t...
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Musings of the Sorts!: December 2008
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Musings of the Sorts! Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Economics of Cinnamon Sticks! I always wondered why cinnamon sticks look the way they look here in US. Back home, in the grocery store I usually shop, they always came as a bag full of chipped bark! In US they are nicely rolled up and longer pieces of bark. Apparently this is not limited to cinnamon but extends to almost all the spices or other goodies that come from far off places to the American markets. Why, do you think this is the case?
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Musings of the Sorts!: September 2008
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Musings of the Sorts! Friday, September 19, 2008. Supreme Court, Hussain and Hindu Morality. The recent Supreme court's stand on M F Hussain's nude portrayal of Bharat mata as being a piece of art could come as a surprise to some. Of course the so called "Hindutva" brigade is not at all happy and the so called left- secular lobby could not but betray a smile! Now are Hindu's really not used to having their gods and goddesses scantily or not clothed at all? Having said that, it is also notable that M F Hu...
