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Four-Year Plans…

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So, my PhD programme began today. We’re starting with a preparatory maths and statistics course, before getting into the core modules — micro, macro, ‘metric...

Hayek contra Coase… on property rights?

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Say it ain’t so!Well… I guess it ain’t technically “so”… but hear me out on this one.Noah Smith, citing his personal experiences in Japan, writes that irredu...

Ikea

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Two things that I learnt about Ikea (and public transport) yesterday:1) Flat packed furniture may be much easier to move about than the ready-built stuff, bu...

Cover Thursdays - 90s throwback edition

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Super quick post as I’m off to catch a plane shortly, but here’s a little something to take you back a decade or so:1) The awesome Karen O leads her Yeah Yea...

Red House Painters - Have You Forgotten

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Talking about the Vanilla Sky soundtrack, here’s a great example of a “nearly perfect” song. I’m not sure where the problem lies exactly, but it’s just missi...