The father of fractals is dead. Mandelbrot should have won the Nobel prize in economics for his work in the […]

So, right, he was all like what???, and I was all like, noooo, and then he was all, like, you're wrong […]

Mathematica is a powerful computational engine, and I do all my research and some of my teaching using it. Cosma […]

I've been going to lots of conferences recently, and I've been asked to chair a few sessions here and there. […]

Book cover via Amazon It's a wet day before term starts, so I'm reading little bits and piece to keep […]

Terrence Tao is one of the smartest and most accomplished human beings alive. Every economist who is not Joseph Stiglitz […]

Algorithmic Game Theory is the name given to a subfield where computer science and game theory overlap. The idea is […]

Information and Learning in Markets represents the culmination of fifteen years of Xavier Vives' work in applying Bayesian ideas to […]

Notes for Kendrick, Mercado and Amman's 2006 Princeton University Press book: Computational Economics (Code for the programs in this book […]

...emails I've sent since Jan 1, 2008. Number of emails recieved: 8,934. Damn! I'm thinking of declaring email bankruptcy.

The US Economy: Bureau of Labor Statistics The EU: Eurostat The EU with Micro data: OECD . World Poverty/Income Distribution data: IMF World GDP/GNP Data: The Penn World Tables Historical Financial Data: Measuring Worth Irish Macro Data: CSO (Measuring Ireland's Progress is a great place to start here), the ESRI has excellent Micro data on health.

Don’t forget the curse of knowledge: don’t assume, like the defenders of the duo piano, that others care at the same level you do.

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