It's called The Big Questions. Assuming he keeps up a regular stream of posts it's sure to be a good one. He's an entertaining and thought provoking economist.' [...] OKAY, SO I WROTE ABOUT these Sony noise-cancelling headphones a couple of weeks ago, but now I see that they’re vastly cheaper in white. Go figure.
UPDATE: Okay, it’s $39.95, which is 20 bucks less than I paid, and 25 bucks less than [...]
"The really amazing thing is that the females are able to recognise what 'category' they are in. We'd like to investigate' [...]
The left leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research released an interesting study last week that looked at the implicit benefits that banks have received from The Bailout and associated Fed programs. The [...]
The Artificial Virginity Hymen kit, distributed by the Chinese company Gigimo, costs about $30. It is intended to help newly married women fool their husbands into believing they are virgins—culturally important [...]
A full year before the US housing meltdown, mosquitoes predicted it. There's something else to toss into our prediction models.' [...] David Leonhardt makes an interesting argument about why employers don't choose employee health insurance carefully. The argument is interesting because it is wrong but in a subtle way.
The bottom line: The' [...]
No great surprises here, but it's always worth checking out Gulf Talent's studies. A link to the latest, Recession and Employment in the Gulf, can be found following this link to the summary article. [...] 
In the UAE slander is broadly defined and taken seriously. Abu Dhabi has reached out to help Dubai weather the worldwide economic downturn. One wonders whether a disagreement over the publication of horse doping story could harm that relationship. [...] 
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Being an expat in good for your brain.The big floating storage debate"Peru’s extraordinary performance in financial markets was founded on its credible commitment to service its debt with guano" Can't take of your parents? Send them to India. They really like older people there.' [...] 
See it happen. I saw it live - although from ground level.
But then again, if it weren't for the FED, I'd be hunting deer on Park Avenue instead of writing this article. - Charles Davi. [...] 
This follows a trend first noticed in Sharjah by this blog.
A change in the US tax code subsidizing black liquor is threatening to open up discord between the US and Canada. And the industry that's doing the squealing is not Canadian whiskey, but Canadian pulp.' [...] 
An interesting article on US and UN efforts to build up the Iraq economy through small business loans. I'm sure what makes them microfinance except that's the cool label. Small business loans seems to be more descriptive. [...] 
Do economists?
Samuraisam catches the international press in a frenzy. Talk about an excellent example of pack-journalism/groupthink. [...]
The real story starts just after the one minute mark. Ordoz? Dubai? 
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Russia has entered a natural gas venture with Nigeria with the name 
