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Precipitate: Reading List
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What is the Reading List? I'll be compiling here a list of books, articles, blogposts, and other reading materials that I find cool, interesting, educational, and/or generally worthwhile, and I'll be updating it on an ongoing basis as I continue to find more stuff. The list as of June 7, 2012:. This time the reading list has a theme: money! I've ordered the reading list from least to most advanced. If you have any comments on the material, add them to the blog post about this update. And many many more.
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Precipitate: From Rights to Duties
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Monday, August 17, 2009. From Rights to Duties. I think these anecdotes signal a general sentiment that confuses rights with complete license; freedom with impunity. Scholars will no doubt point out that these people are completely misunderstanding the concepts, but even still I think these misunderstandings arise out of the very language of rights themselves:
. What this shift to duties will not do, however, is make our moral problems any easier. Just as we try to understand what rights apply to wh...
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Precipitate: June 2011
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Saturday, June 18, 2011. Last Wednesday, I saw a real, live princess. Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Al Hussein of Dubai came to the Baker Institute here at Rice University to speak on "The Politics of Hunger," as part of her larger efforts, through her non-profit Tkiyet Um Ali, to end world hunger. Her Royal Highness shook hands with some people sitting in the front row, and then took her seat. Mr Baker introduced the princess. He spoke fondly of the work he did with her father, the King of Jordan...
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Precipitate: August 2011
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Over the past couple decades, the field of economics has grown enormously. It has invaded its neighboring fields (like political science, and psychology), taken over their journals, and converted their students. However, it's a pity that the transfer of knowledge has been mostly one way. Economics could stand to gain some insights from other disciplines. The economy is a complex system, and complex systems require differential diagnosis. Economists, says Sachs, should do the same.
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Precipitate: April 2011
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Saturday, April 30, 2011. Here an upset Michael Moore asks Milton Friedman a question that gets at the very heart of economic logic:. Milton Friedman's point is very subtle, but it's very powerful. Understanding it is fundamental to understanding the nature of human society. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Coping with Loss in a Democracy. Today Obama released his long-form birth certificate. Amen to that. I'm really worried at how lunatic-y this country is becoming. Republicans can’t win straight up on ...
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Precipitate: February 2011
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Monday, February 28, 2011. The Right Kind of Ambition. There are different kinds of ambition, and some are more right than others. We are entitled to have ambition over what we accomplish—the lives we change, the things we bring about, the results of our actions. What we're not entitled to, though, is ambition over the means to achieving those ends. We're not entitled to covet certain posts or positions or prestige in order to effectuate those goals. Labels: Thinking and Wondering. Rodney Glassman, a pol...
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Precipitate: Money, Money, Money! New Reading List
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Thursday, June 7, 2012. Money, Money, Money! Is a collection of things I find in print and online that reflect what I've been finding interesting lately. This time the reading list has a theme: money! In it It's truly quite remarkable how that works. If you like what you see, or wish to discuss the readings, please add a comment below! I'll be more than eager to participate in the discussion. The intro song and first couple minutes. Of the Singaporean film, Money No Enough. June 13, 2012 at 7:30 PM.
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Precipitate: July 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011. River Plate's Loss as a Metaphor for the History of Argentina. On June 26th, the unthinkable happened: the Argentine football club River Plate got demoted to the B league. It's an event that provoked this kind of reaction throughout the country and the football-playing world:. A dedicated River fan became so irate while watching that fateful game that this video of his tirade has made him the most well-known man in Argentina:. As you'll soon tell, there aren't many different kinds ...
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Precipitate: Wage Slave
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012. I now have my first regular full-time job. It's right and proper that I should get paid, of course, but it also feels strange. I've pinpointed the awkward feeling to three things:. Many of the activities of my new job are very similar to things I used to do in college for free. If I were an undergraduate, I would probably be expected / willing to do this job for free, if not even pay. The wage you receive seems strangely detached from your work. Then you're trapped between your ...
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