November 20, 2009
By John Mauldin
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
–Old Scottish Prayer
Where the Wild [...]
Last week, the drug maker Pfizer announced it would close its research and development facility in New London, Connecticut. The Pfizer facility was at the heart of the city's decision to use eminent domain to seize and raze an entire neighborhood to make way for the development project [...]
Now I'm confused. Back on November 6, the FT's Denise Law ran an article about a set of new currency ETCs which are going to be listed on the London stock exchange — think ETFs, but for foreign exchange. She quoted Nik Bienkowski, the chief operating officer at ETF [...]
Professor Stephen Glaister of Imperial College, London, told the Politics Show that despite costing £20bn or £30 bn, it was doubtful whether it would [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
On an average day, two pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles in the UK.
Only two pedestrian per year are killed by bicycles, almost always on the road.
On pavements and verges, motor vehicles kill around [...]
1. WEIRD subjects and their importance for social science.
3. Andrew Gelman will have a second blog. I don't yet understand the forthcoming principle of individuation across the two blogs.
4. London Review of Books, full issue on-line.
5. Nouriel Roubini on the new carry trade.
6. [...]
Fascinating stuff:
“New York has withstood the worst economic crisis in seven decades and remains the leading global financial center, followed by Singapore, which topped London as investors’ preferred place for doing business, according to Bloomberg Global Poll.
Twenty-nine percent of respondents in the quarterly poll of investors, traders and analysts who [...]
