Stray thoughts, notes, and digressive ditties. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Principal-agent problems in the Soviet Union, circa 1990. Widespread fictitious economic accounting was foiling planners to the point that the KGB employed its own spy satellites to ascertain the size of the Uzbek cotton harvest, but the spy agency itself suffered from internal falsifications. From Stephen Kotkin, Armageddon. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. But this stuff still fascinates .

Come back often! The transit workers are on strike. No bus or subway service. Anti-public transportation types will use this as an example of why people driving around in cars and wasting gas is better than energy efficient public transportation. George Bush and the Constitution. From an article by Doug Thomson. Mr President, one aide in the meeting said. There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.

Which is a shame, but mostly as the reasons for wanting to stay are a bit of a sad reflection on my life. Laziness - we live in West London, and everything is 10 minutes walk away.

There could be snakes in here. Is your methodology an adaptive preference? If a person knows he is being denied an opportunity. That gnawing uncertainty counts as a harm. Does not having the skill to conduct either quantitative or qualitative research correlate with denying its value? Disparaging or emphasising the limits of quantitative reason becau.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013. Dynamic programming with credit constraints. I am looking for simple. Examples of economic models with occasionally binding credit constraints. I would like to find the most straightforward example possible, and then bludgeon it into submission with my various numerical algorithms. suggestions are much appreciated! Posted by David R.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Check out my new blog! I hope that all of you have graduated from university and are doing great things! I for one am working in commercial real estate and love it. If any of you ever need anything, reach out to me. Thursday, April 16, 2009. The Dark Side of the Internet. The benefits from the Internet that enhance our lives, education, and health are greater than the damage the Internet does to our society through illegal and illicit activities.