Archive for April, 2007
April 29, 2007 at 12:21 am
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This paper analyzes the roots and implications of variations in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting. We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institu
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“Dear thief, I would like to ask you to sell me the goods that are you are going to steal from me. Buying it legally on the market is too expensive, and I’ve heard that you sell my goods for cheap rices. I promise secrecy, because I do not want to be arr
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Make Roads Safe is the campaign for global road safety. Every six seconds someone is killed or maimed on the world’s roads. Sign our petition calling for urgent action by the United Nations.
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This paper uses U.S. Social Security earnings administrative data to analyze the evolution of inequality and mobility since 1937. Uncapped earnings data available since 1978 show that mobility at the top of the earnings distribution has been very stable.
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Using detailed trade data, I document the following new fact about development:
there is rapid, widespread unconditional convergence in unit values across countries, a
common proxy for quality.
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lolcat style guide
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Global financial instability has sparked a surge in “monetary nationalism” — the idea that countries must make and control their own currencies. But globalization and monetary nationalism are a dangerous combination, a cause of financial crises and geopo
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What has happened in Cuba since Fidel Castro yielded power to his brother Raul? How do Cuban authorities see the changing international arena, particularly the trend to the left in Latin America? And what, almost fifty years after the Cuban Revolution, do
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The Greeks understood that comedy (the gods’ view of life) is superior to tragedy (the merely human). But since the middle ages, western culture has overvalued the tragic and undervalued the comic. This is why fiction today is so full of anxiety and suffe
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April 27, 2007 at 12:25 am
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April 26, 2007 at 12:21 am
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April 25, 2007 at 12:22 am
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The web journal of Imad Moustapha, Syria’s envoy to the US. Not much about Syria, but interesting from an inside-the-beltway point of view.
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A balance-sheet of Russia’s post-Soviet fortunes, placing the devastating collapse of the 1990s and recent revival under Putin in comparative context. Vladimir Popov warns of the dangers—overvalued currency, oil dependence, crumbling infrastructure
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When working with government and large private organizations on complex information systems, project managers and business representatives often demand early-stage validation that the proposed classification system provides the user-friendly solution they
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An in-depth poll of four major Muslim countries has found that in all of them large majorities believe that undermining Islam is a key goal of US foreign policy. Most want US military forces out of the Middle East and many approve of attacks on US troops
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Below is the much talked about, Canonical List of Banjo Jokes. Much talked about, but never revealed; until now. This presentation is the result of the tireless efforts of an International network of operatives who combed the earth (and beyond) checking a
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Distributed Boing Boing (DBB) is a project to make Boing Boing accessible to those who are trapped behind firewalls running SmartFilter and other overzealous censorware. Visit a random mirror (recommended), or view the complete list of available DBB locat
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Avataq Cultural Institute provides a strong foundation for the living culture of today’s Inuit. Since its inception in 1980, Avataq has built a solid reputation as the cultural leader for Nunavik Inuit and as an important resource for Inuit culture in Can
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GoLoco is a service that helps people quickly arrange ride sharing between friends, neighbors, and colleagues. We also handle online payments from passengers to drivers for their share of the trip costs.
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The bills before Congress affect our nation’s budget - and yours. Washingtonwatch.com tracks the bills in Congress, along with estimates about their costs or savings, when available. To learn more information, comment, or take action, click on a bill.
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Normally, The Politico runs Cryptometers on critical issues and key players on Capitol Hill, such as those involved in the political struggle over the war in Iraq. But this week, we’re doing something a little different. We’re running a Cryptometer on
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April 24, 2007 at 12:22 am
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April 23, 2007 at 12:20 am
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Istanbul, the engine of Turkey’s economy, has been reinventing itself for centuries. Now the city’s elite is embracing the country’s Ottoman past, while the poor dream of ascending the social ladder — and urban planners simply try to keep the metropolis
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Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called “premium content”, typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms o
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Big Box Watch tracks new retail construction of several national retailers within the United States. The retailers tracked here all have major expansion plans within the United States, or the opening of a new location will have a significant economic or p
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In case you were wondering who’s to blame for the Virginia Tech massacre, I’ve created a list this morning to keep track. Feel free to send in any that I’ve missed.
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April 22, 2007 at 12:19 am
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April 21, 2007 at 12:22 am
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April 20, 2007 at 12:21 am
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April 19, 2007 at 12:20 am
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